Visualizing hierachical information using a new focus+context method

This paper reports a new focus+context method for information, which is constructed upon hierarchical structure. The visualization method presented in this paper represents intended to minimize disorientation that a user may have when he or she navigates through node information. This method suggests a structure with which a user can analyze focused node data through adjacent node data when he or she makes a node selection. It is also intended to minimize overlapping and calculation process when a user changes focused node thus causes node data to be restructured. This paper proposes HONG (hierarchies of network and graph) view system in graphics interface environment, which can search and display hierarchical information through suggested new focus+context method.