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Data Visualization Tools
  as a new approach to reference documents and
  to aid a dynamic decision-making process.

The patented StrataVarious Data Visualization Tools enable graphic representations of objects, places, and data to be viewed in a single, compact, layered and slotted, interactive interface.  For online shoppers, travel-planners, designers, researchers, and analysts, the system gathers, sorts, and presents graphics, descriptions, and links into a personalized catalog, map set, picture library, or multi-dimensional diagram or chart.

With the StrataVarious intelligent data organizers, users customize information sets by selecting layers of attributes, then by querying to refine their search.  Interactive keys and marking devices enable viewers to record their selections and inform intelligent agents to retrieve related materials. 

 HyperMapping™ systems enable the organization and presentation of numerous data sets in a single Web page accessed by a clickable, layered key.  Geographic or other relational information can then be smoothly accessed.  The user continuously shows and hides features to see just the information wanted at any given moment.  Instead of the clutter of a traditional map that shows too much information at once, the highly-legible, layered HyperMaps let the user easily select multiple features to study their relationships without the distraction of other irrelevant information. 

 Stratalog™ online catalog software provides an intelligent data-flow system.  It aids large shopping sites and portals faced with organizing and presenting product choices from vast databases.  The Stratalog "Collect&Compare" system is especially effective in assortment-intensive product lines where the buying decision is based on visual attributes and the viewer wishes to study the look of options side by side before making a final decision. 

Ultimately the patented StrataVarious data-visualization system will enable an entirely new approach to reference tools -- a new class of software application.  It will provide online alternatives to map atlases, catalogs, Yellow Pages, travel guides, encyclopedias, image libraries, textbooks, machine manuals, business reports, and more.

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