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- From: andyrose@netcom.com (San Francisco Fractal Factory)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
- Subject: Re: Workshop on Automated Design of Visualizations
- Message-ID: <syjnkqf.andyrose@netcom.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 18:45:05 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.180944.5131@seas.gwu.edu>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- There is significant need for adaptive learning
- {hierarchical grouping of pronouns}
- to be incorporated into anything like this. Something like the following dialog
- would be nice.
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- user: Load prison data.
- machine: There are several files which have contain prison data.
- Please elaborate or use file browser tool.
- u:geographic, population, nutrition
- m: Two files found. Northern California Inmate Population,
- Amnesty International Report on Prison Nutrition
- u: load both
- m: file1: 523 records, field labels: Facility, Population (long term),
- Population (short term), file is linked to California Facilities
- Locator (loaded).
- file2: 75 records, field labels: Country Name, Caloric Intake,
- linked to World Map.
- u: cross reference.
- m: No entry for California (USA state), USA caloric intake 2200 Kcal/day
- u: Make map
- m: World or California?
- u: California.
- {draws map of california with default prison icons scaled to total population}
- u: Animate to videodisc from north to south pause at prisons fade
- name, long term population up and down hold at end.
- {animation is recorded to videodisc}
- u: PictureTel to Boxer
- {dials Rep Boxers v-mail archives and dumps animation}
- u:later...
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