Putting Recommendations on the Map - Visualizing Clusters and Relations

Hi-res, zoomable images of TVLand and LastFM data, as explained in the paper submitted to RecSys 2009:

TVLand (map view)

LastFM (map view)

TVLand Heat Map

Static zoom-in plots for regions of the TVLand map plot above:

Leftbank Newsistan

Rightbank Newsistan

ToddlerSprawl

Renovation Nation

Hung'ry

Premium Peninsula

Middlelands

Lowlands

Soapland

Zoom in view on TVLand Heat Map:

Zoom in plots for lands in The Land of Music (last.fm)

Classic Archapelago

Metallands

Indyana

Grungium