Data-driven Maps 1

Global maps

AOLpress mini-web

	representation of all links between all documents starting from any document in a directory
	"string art" global map
	MIME types and titles shown

NetObjects SiteMapper

	displays a single tree hierarchy for 2, 3 or all levels of a web site, created from the NetObjects Fusion editor
	Java applet published on web site dislayed in browser window
	displays outline view and supports search of document titles

InXight VizControls Hyperbolic Tree web navigator

	hyperbolic tree display of entire web site
	based on information visualizer research done at Xerox PARC
	licensed as software component to OEM developers
	was implemented in NetCarta (later Microsoft) Webmapper (see below) and SoftQuad HoTMetL Intranet Publisher (H.i.P.), circa 1997.

Merz.com Netscope

	filtered network map represents pages and links chose by the author
	layout approach is a "dandelion" global map
	supports zoom levels
	Java applet available from the web site
	graphic elements can be associated with nodes

Expanding outline

StarNine LiveIndex

	hierarchical tree view of a site displayed in a Java applet window
	represents pages with children as "folders" and pages without children as "documents"
	standard plus/minus collapsing outline interface
	includes LiveIndex Walker (data gathering), LiveIndex Admin (edit and organize), and Java applet (display)

Two- and Three-pane maps

Microsoft FrontPage Explorer

	summary table shows all documents available on WWW server
	star map for selected document shows links pointing in and links pointing out
	one level of either in-link and out-link document can be expanded

Mercury Interactive Astra SiteManager

	generates global map of all pages and links on a site
	"dandelion" global map as well as single tree structure
	tracks changes between maps
	supports many zoom levels for different amount of detail associated with each page

Microsoft (formerly NetCarta) WebMapper 2.0

	outline ("main route") begins with base URL and proceeds to automatic or manual exploration of links on the site
	MIME type and title of all linked documents represented
	all URLs that do not share the base URL are marked as outside documents
	all links not on the "main route" are marked as "alternate route" links when displayed
	"Cyberbolic" view displays fish-eye view of hierarchy based on InXight VizControls (see above)

InContext WebAnalyzer 2.0

	3-pane view of subportion of or complete WWW site: link level ring map, summary table, and choice of URL Tree, Site Map, or Link View
	breadth-first traversal places each document at the link level where it is first discovered
	selected document shown in local map
	in-link and out-link lines can be displayed in ring map for selected document
	summary table scrolls to selected document

Other map products

	CLEARWeb www.clearweb.com
	Visual Web www.isg.de/visualweb/index_e.html
	IXACTA Ixsite www.ixacta.com/products/ixsite

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