Deneb: Packing instead of Overlapping Bubbles in Scatter Plot

KerKol thanks for tagging

sdrljaca , do you means somethig like this?

I can't help you with Vega-Lite solution (I never really worked with Vega-Lite), but it's easy to implement using Vega and "force" type of transformation.

See official Vega example: https://vega.github.io/vega/examples/packed-bubble-chart/

Also, my floral carttogram is a more advanced example of a packed bubble chart. See https://powerofbi.org/2023/02/18/floral-cartogram-how-do-we-govern-our-world/ for more details (and source code).

Each flower has been placed inside of an invisible bubble with "force" transformation applied to make sure the bubbles (and the flowers) are not overlapping.

It's also possible to increase distance between bubbles or to allow partial overlapping.

If you'll decide to use Vega instead of Vega-Lite, feel free to contact me with any questions..