Growing interest in treemap visualizations for hierarchical data have led to a successful licensing agreement for HCIL's Treemap 4.1 program to the HiveGroup, Inc.

Growing interest in treemap visualizations for hierarchical data (electronic product catalogs, sales analysis, manufacturing quality control, supply chain supervision, etc.) have led to a successful licensing agreement for HCIL's Treemap 4.1 program to the HiveGroup, Inc.. The license, arranged by the UM Office of Technology Commercialization, brings $108,000 over three years and ensures that treemaps will be applied to a wide variety of applications.The treemap algorithm was originally developed by Ben Shneiderman, refined in collaboration with Catherine Plaisant, and later extended in cooperation with Ben Bederson.