Hi,
Pair programming with Milton at Smalltalks 2015, we (well mostly he)
came with what I call a "matrix sunburst" that shows a sunburst diagram
using a matrix instead of a tree as data source (the clever hack of
Milton was to convert the data in the matrix to a tree with only one
child on any branch after the first one!). The inspiration was taken
from [1] and the idea was from a friend who want to use this kind of
matrix alike sunburst to compare public medicine information.
[1]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-…
With this I can create thinks like this:
But to get a more readable visualization, I would like to make two things:
a. Increase the empty space between arcs, not like the current radial
strategy, but more like the graphic at [1]. For this we thought in
adding a RTEdge with the same color as the background. How can I
calculate the position of every RTEdge at the final of each arch in the
sunburst?
b. I would like to keep each ring of the same size instead of making
them narrower as the become more away of the center. It this possible?
c. Finally I have created RTSunburstBuilder>>exploreMatrix: aMatrix
coloredWith: aColorPalette in my own image, because I think that is the
best place it can be to be reused in my own visualizations. Is this a
good practice? Can I share this code back with the Roassal project? How?
(hopefully I will not need to learn git and its gratituous complexity).
Cheers,
Offray