Defining visualization operations for temporal cartographic animation design
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2002
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International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation
Abstract
Cartographic animation has emerged as a potentially effective visualization technique that has an intuitive power in representing
dynamic geographical phenomena through its ability to show interrelations amongst geospatial data’s components,
location, attribute and time. Whereas cartographic animation has prominently featured in communicating geospatial information,
their use as tools for visual exploration has been hampered by lack of the necessary functionality that is capable of
allowing users to interact with the dynamic display. In this paper, we outline an approach that defines visualizations operations
or basic visual actions that implement a viewer’s task of exploration and characterization of geospatial structures in data or
phenomena. The defined operations go along to reinforcing the quest in enabling users to perceive relationships and be able
to manipulate geospatial data using more efficient visual tools while keeping low on cognitive demands.
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Visualization operations, Exploratory cartographic environments, Temporal cartographic animation
Citation
Ogao, P. J., & Kraak, M. J. (2002). Defining visualization operations for temporal cartographic animation design. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 4(1), 23-31.