论文标题
有关使用等距轮廓用于呈现科学数据的注释
A note on the use of equidistant contours for presenting scientific data
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论文摘要
使用科学色彩地图的热情恳求在科学数据的视觉呈现中错过了一些方面。虽然基于科学人类颜色感知的线性颜色图对于某些图像的呈现很有用，例如地球地形，苹果和护照照片的三个示例，但没有提供科学数据。在本说明中，将表明，科学海洋数据中有更多的形式，它们通过线性黑色（灰色） - 白色B＆W地图，线性颜色图和非线性颜色图的形式不同。从客观的角度来看，等距轮廓是以相对无偏见的方式呈现科学信息的最佳手段。非线性颜色地图可以通过在需要时通过更改颜色范围来突出显示某些方面，从而添加信息。这些信息无法从线性颜色图中获得。最后，讨论了视觉数据表示的美学方面。
The passionate plea for the use of scientific colour maps misses some aspects in the visual presentation of scientific data. While a linear colour map based on scientific human colour perception is useful for the presentation of some images, like the three examples given of the topography of the earth, an apple and a passport photograph, scientific data are not presented. In this note it will be shown that there is more in scientific oceanographic data as they are presented in forms varying from historic equidistant contours, via a linear black-(grey)-white b&w map, a linear colour map and a nonlinear colour map. From an objective perspective, equidistant contouring is the best means for presenting scientific information in a relatively unbiased way. Nonlinear colour maps may add information to that by highlighting certain aspects also by varying the colour range if needed. Such information is not available from linear colour maps. Finally, the aesthetic aspect of visual data presentation is discussed.
