These considerations will also help with deciding what to show (and how/when). As we mentioned previously, there is such a thing as too much information on the display; thus if you can consider what is OK not to show or if the real complex object can be shown with a symbol (e.g., instead of a photorealistic representation of a cell, can you use a circle that represents the cell?) it may help reducing the load on cognitive processing in working memory. If you find a benefit of showing all the data at once or in all its realism and detail (and you might), best course of action may be using a multiple-view approach in which one window shows the highly detailed realistic representation for a “global” general feel for the entirety of the phenomenon or objects/relationships, and an abstract/summary view for more precise comparison, size (distance, area, volume) estimations or measurements. Depending on the accuracy needs (which you must assess), your visualization may have to have relative or absolute accuracy; which would call for design decisions to accommodate this. If the visualization will not be used for precise measurements (absolute or relative), you can take more liberty in emphasizing the message (e.g., “look, area A is considerable bigger/closer/more dense.. than area B”) -- though here you must pay attention not to over-do it so that the viewer is misled. Visual communication is similar to verbal communication in that sense, if your “adjectives” are too strong, you might give the wrong impression and even lead people to bad decisions [(***if you are an advertiser, we would like you to stop reading here ;)) … OR “ask an advertiser if you don’t believe us”]].