Space-Filling and Containment Layouts

Learn about some space-filling and containment layouts.

adjacency diagram

display datapoints as nodes drawn as solid areas, with their placement relative to adjacent nodes indicating their position in the hierarchy

icicle plot how is tree depth represented?

vertical position

icicle plot how is sibling order represented?

horizontal position

icicle plot how is number of leaves represented?

width/ horizontal length

sunburst diagram how is tree depth represented?

radial depth position

sunburst diagram how is sibling order represented?

radial angular position

sunburst diagram how is number of leaves represented?

angle/ area size

why are sunburst diagrams/ icicle plots used?

parts of a whole relationship

treemap how

nested layout of hierarchical relationships where the quantitative attribute of the node is size

treemap why

understanding of node attribute values

treemap con

not good for topology and tracing paths

treemap scale

high - up to a million leaf nodes and links