Introduction
The aim of the glyphs project is to provide a set of IRIS Explorer modules which allow non-programmers to interactively visualize scattered data points or data on a grid using customizable glyphs.
Examples
Here are some screen shots demonstrating some of the possibilities:
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The archive glyphs.tar.gz contains all modules and some sample maps of the glyphs project for the IRIS Explorer 4.0.
Installation
After decoding the archive all files in the new directory ./glyphs/modules/ should be copied into your ~/explorer/modules/ directory. If necessary create this directory, and check that a line like
modulepath -append ~/explorer/modulesis in your .explorerrc file (a sample .explorerrc file comes with IRIS Explorer).
Sample maps are in the ./glyphs/maps/ directory and can be opened with the File/Open... command of the Librarian. The map GlyphsScattered assumes that you started IRIS Explorer in the ./glyphs/maps/ directory, otherwise you have to change the directory in the FileList module to the full path of the ./glyphs/maps/ directory.
Documentation
All modules and maps come with help files. The help files and screen shots of control panels of the modules are also available here:
| module | description |
| AllAxis2 | generates labeled axes |
| CullDataRows | drops data points from a lattice without coordinates |
| Glyphs | produces the geometry data of a set of glyphs |
| MinMaxLat | reduces a lattice to its minimum and maximum values |
| MixDataRows | converts a lattice without coordinates into a lattice with coordinates |
| OrthoPlanes | produces the geometry of planes orthogonal to the axes |
| ReadDataRows | reads a lattice without coordinates from an ASCII file |
| ScaleLatCoords | scales the coordinates of a lattice to a specified box |
| ShowClosestPoint | produces textual information about a glyph displayed in the Render module |
These are the three sample maps demonstrating the modules:
| map | description |
| GlyphsOnly | shows some of the functions of the Glyphs module |
| GlyphsOnLattice | shows a map for data points on a lattice |
| GlyphsScattered | shows a map for data points without predefined coordinates |
Contact
Questions, critisism, suggestions, etc. should be send by e-mail to Martin.Kraus@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.