Spiegel - A Visualization Framework for Large and Small Scale Systems

Visualization systems allow the visualization of n-dimensional data. In order to do so, the systems read the data, then convert the data into a phase space, and finally visualize the phase space. This paper discusses a visualization framework, which allows the creation of visualization systems ranging from visualizing the behavior of atoms under the influence of temperature to colliding galaxies and the spread of the plague in 1347 A.D. in Europe. The visualization framework which we present is extensible, which means a user can easily add new components to the framework and create visualization systems that could not be anticipated at present time. The paper will give an overview of the framework, and will be focusing on the graphical programming environment and the extensibility of it. The last part of the paper will focus on how a simulation system can interact with the visualization, and for example inform the visualization system of interesting events.