Bertini, EnricoGirolamo, Alessio DiSantucci, GiuseppeK. Museth and T. Moeller and A. Ynnerman2014-01-312014-01-312007978-3-905673-45-61727-5296https://doi.org/10.2312/VisSym/EuroVis07/163-170Density maps allow for visually rendering density differences, usually mapping density values to a grey or color scale. The paper analyzes the drawbacks arising from the commonly used strategies and introduces a novel technique able to improve the overall mapping process. The technique is driven by statistical knowledge about the density distribution and a set of quality metrics allows for validating, in an objective way, its effectiveness.