
Ring of Fire Plots
"I fell into a burning ring of fire..." (Johnny Cash, 1963) One of the challenges of working with high parameter data is how complicated it is to explore and present. It is easy to get burned by bad data presentation, which can frustrate audiences of a paper or talk, or can - more dangerously - lead to mis-interpretation of the data. The goal for any high parameter graphic should be to completely present the data, allowing viewers to appreciate fine subsets (or at least reco