Avoid item label overlap in time series 1D plots (JFreeChart)

Question

I am trying to find the best strategy to produce a 1D time based plot with labels. It currently looks like this:

Answer 1

You might experiment with some combination of pan and zoom using setDomainPannable() and setMouseWheelEnabled(), seen here and here. Right-click to see the context menu and control-click to pan (option-click on Mac OS X).