Re: [Boost-users] BGL and interactive visualization

From: Torsten Sadowski (tsadowski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-18 11:40:18

Maybe Tulip fits the bill.

http://tulip.labri.fr/

Torsten

Am 16.02.2008 um 03:46 schrieb mbn:

>
> Hi,
>
> Maybe this is an old topic but I can't find related answers.
>
> I have some data containing certain "entities" related to others by  
> one or
> more attributes. For example, Alice's cat may be connected to Bob's  
> dog
> because both are named "Bill". Also, they can be connected because  
> they live
> in the same county. Furthermore, Bob's dog can be connected to  
> Chuck's bird
> because they are of the same color
>
> Something like this:
>
>
> (A'sC)--------------(B'sD)-----------------(C'sB)
>          Name=Bill           Color=Beige
>         County=CD
>
> The issue is, the attributes connecting entities can be hundreds or  
> even
> thousands, so creating a graphviz file showing all those connecting
> attributes in the edges will result in a mess. Instead, I would  
> like to
> create an application such that only the vertices (with a label  
> inside) and
> the edges (without nothing) are initially shown, and when the user  
> double
> clicks on a specific edge then some window can appear showing all the
> attributes causing X and Y to be connected in the graph.
>
> I know I can create the graphs using BGL, but once I have the  
> graphs I do
> not know what library to use in order to visualize it
>
> Can somebody help? Perhaps there is a different/better way of doing  
> the same
> with a different tool like GraphML + Some Visualization program?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
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