On the role of metaphor in information visualization · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0809.0884/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTOn the role of metaphor in information visualization — mentioned by banehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41142493urn:hackerpapers:mention:0809.0884:41142493Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:47:18 GMT<p>Honestly, I&#x27;ve been away from the field for quite a long time so wouldn&#x27;t be up to date. But, if you want kind of a good framing of the field, how it evolved and how it&#x27;s different from other kinds of visualization (like scientific) maybe start here [0a][0b] 0 - https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/xmt/classes/slides/CS530/Inf... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_and_information_visualiza... There used to be a lively research field for information visualization that studied current visualization techniques and proposed new ones to solve specific challenges -- I remember when treemaps were first…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/0809.0884/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.HC