The goal for this week was to display the size for each taxonomic unit. While displaying size is simplistic, representing size in a manner that allows the tree to remain continuously represented posed some challenges. After sketching I settled on this design for several reasons.
1. The representation allows the user to see the relation between the tree and the size simultaneously
2. Representing the size doesn't distort the taxonomy information
3. The linear representation of size allows for easy comparison between taxonomic units
The major detriment is that it takes up more horizontal screen real estate than would be ideal. This problem could be lessened by repositioning the text.
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