Geographic Visualization: Designing Manipulable Maps for Exploring Temporally Varying Georeferenced Statistics Export

@inproceedings{15830, abstract = {Geographic visualization, sometimes called cartographic visualization, is a form of information visualization in which principles from cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), exploratory data analysis (EDA), and information visualization more generally are integrated in the development and assessment of visual methods that facilitate the exploration, analysis, synthesis, and presentation of georeferenced information. The authors report on development and use of one component of a prototype GVis environment designed to facilitate exploration, by domain experts, of time series multivariate georeferenced health statistics. Emphasis is on how manipulable dynamic GVis tools may facilitate visual thinking, pattern noticing, and hypothesis generation. The prototype facilitates the highlighting of data extremes, examination of change in geographic patterns over time, and exploration of similarity among georeferenced variables. A qualitative exploratory analysis of verbal protocols and transaction logs is used to characterize system use. Evidence produced through the characterization highlights differences among experts in data analysis strategies (particularly in relation to the use of attribute ?focusing? combined with time series animation) and corresponding differences in success at noticing spatiotemporal patterns}, author = {Maceachren, A. M. and Boscoe, F. P. and Haug, D. and Pickle, L. W.}, citeulike-article-id = {3275608}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INFVIS.1998.729563}, doi = {10.1109/INFVIS.1998.729563}, journal = {Information Visualization, 1998. Proceedings. IEEE Symposium on}, keywords = {cartography, data-analysis, data-visualisation, geovisualization, gis, spatiotemporal, visualization}, pages = {87-94, 156}, posted-at = {2008-09-16 20:26:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Geographic Visualization: Designing Manipulable Maps for Exploring Temporally Varying Georeferenced Statistics}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INFVIS.1998.729563}, year = {1998} }

TY - CONF ID - 15830 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3275608 N2 - Geographic visualization, sometimes called cartographic visualization, is a form of information visualization in which principles from cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), exploratory data analysis (EDA), and information visualization more generally are integrated in the development and assessment of visual methods that facilitate the exploration, analysis, synthesis, and presentation of georeferenced information. The authors report on development and use of one component of a prototype GVis environment designed to facilitate exploration, by domain experts, of time series multivariate georeferenced health statistics. Emphasis is on how manipulable dynamic GVis tools may facilitate visual thinking, pattern noticing, and hypothesis generation. The prototype facilitates the highlighting of data extremes, examination of change in geographic patterns over time, and exploration of similarity among georeferenced variables. A qualitative exploratory analysis of verbal protocols and transaction logs is used to characterize system use. Evidence produced through the characterization highlights differences among experts in data analysis strategies (particularly in relation to the use of attribute ?focusing? combined with time series animation) and corresponding differences in success at noticing spatiotemporal patterns JF - Information Visualization, 1998. Proceedings. IEEE Symposium on EP - 87-94, 156 TI - Geographic Visualization: Designing Manipulable Maps for Exploring Temporally Varying Georeferenced Statistics SP - 87-94, 156 KW - cartography KW - data-analysis KW - data-visualisation KW - geovisualization KW - gis KW - spatiotemporal KW - visualization AU - Maceachren, AM AU - Boscoe, FP AU - Haug, D AU - Pickle, LW PY - 1998/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INFVIS.1998.729563 ER -