--------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: General List <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:51:02 -0500 > Subject: Re: Configuring appearance of "mixed" map markers (David Huynh) > Vincent Borghi wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The stack of bars you suggest is indeed a very good > > visual representation that is OK for a lot of applications. > > However, it seems inappropriate for other applications, > > where more than a few items are to be shown > > at a single location: imagine you have dozens of items at a location: > > in this case, one bar per item would make a too high stack. > > > > Thus: it seems there is not a unique representation that would > > be OK for all applications... > > > > PS: A variant of your suggestion could also be interesting: a variant > > where the individual bars have a variable thickness so that the stacks > > (the map markers) have always the same height... > We can also specify a maximum height of the stacks, say, 100 pixels, and > then scale everything relative to that and eliminate the gaps between > the bars.
Yes, this sounds great (and you obtain a fixed-size bar chart, which is not very different from a pie chart). I'd like this feature be added to the to-do list of the simile exhibit project.... thanks > David >
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