Patent ID: 8413112

Claim:
A method for generating a visualization of a programming code base using a set of navigable landmasses, comprising: representing each of a plurality of different code components using a respective landmass; adjusting a size of each landmass based on a number of lines of code in the code component corresponding to the landmass; connecting a plurality of the landmasses using a number of interconnections, wherein the number of interconnections between each of the plurality of landmasses reflects a level of interconnectivity between the corresponding code components of the interconnected landmasses, and wherein a higher number of interconnections indicates a higher level of connectivity between the interconnected landmasses than a lower number of interconnections; displaying the landmasses and the interconnections between the landmasses, wherein each landmass includes other landmasses displayed within each respective landmass, and wherein a size of each of the other landmasses displayed within each respective landmass is adjusted based on a number of lines of code in the code component corresponding to each of the other landmass; and adjusting a displayed characteristic of a landmass based on a code modification change rate of the corresponding code component, wherein the characteristic is selected from the group consisting of a depth of color and a height, wherein, in the case that the characteristic includes the depth of color, the depth of color of the landmass is greater for the landmass than for another landmass having a lesser code modification change rate, and wherein, in the case that the characteristic includes the height, the height of the landmass is greater for the landmass than for another landmass having a lesser code modification change rate.