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GeographicDataScience-LectureIII(Geo-)Visualization

DaniArribas-Bel

http://darribas.org/

TodayVisualizationWhatandwhyHistoryExamples

GeovisualizationWhat"Amapforeveryone"Dangersofgeovisualization

Visualization

"Datagraphicsvisuallydisplaymeasuredquantitiesbymeansofthecombineduseofpoints,lines,acoordinatesystem,numbers,

symbols,words,shading,andcolor."TheVisualDisplayofQuantitativeInformation.EdwardR.Tufte.

[ ]Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg/687px-Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

[ ]Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg/687px-Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

AbitofhistoryMaps

AbitofhistoryMaps-->DataMaps(XVIIth.C.)

AbitofhistoryMaps-->DataMaps(XVIIth.C.)-->Timeseries(1786)

AbitofhistoryMaps-->DataMaps(XVIIth.C.)-->Timeseries(1786)-->

Scatterplots

AbitofhistoryMaps-->DataMaps(XVIIth.C.)-->Timeseries(1786)-->

ScatterplotsSurprisinglyrecent:1750-1800approx.(muchlaterthanmanyotheradvancesinmathandstats!)WilliamPlayfair's"lineararithmetic":encode/replacenumbersintablesintovisualrepresentations.Otherrelevantnamesthroughouthistory:Lambert,Minard,Marey.

VisualizationTheVisualDisplayofQuantitativeInformation.EdwardR.Tufte.Byencodinginformationvisually,theyallowtopresentlargeamountsofnumbersinameaninfulway.Ifwellmade,visualizationsprovideleadsintotheprocessesunderlyingthegraphic.

Learningbyseeingtime...

Timeseries[ ]XVIIIth.Cent.-PytometriebyJ.HLambertSource

http://www.fisme.science.uu.nl/wiskrant/artikelen/hist_grafieken/begin/images/pyrometrie.gif

Barchart[ ]Playfair'sbarchartinTheCommercialandPoliticalAtlas(1786)Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Playfair_Barchart.gif

Abstractlineplot[ ]Lambert-Evaporationrateagainsttemperature,1769Source

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00663305/document

Minard-Napoleonarmymap(XIXth.Cent.)

[ ]"Itmaywellbethebeststatisticalgraphiceverdrawn"(E.R.Tufte)Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png

Geovisualization

Tufte(1983)"Themostextensivedatamaps[...]placemillionsofbitsof

informationonasinglepagebeforeoureyes.Noothermethodforthedisplayofstatisticalinformationissopowerful"

MacEachren(1994)"Geographicvisualizationcanbedefinedastheuseofconcretevisualrepresentations--whetheronpaperorthroughcomputerdisplaysorothermedia--tomakespatialcontextsandproblemsvisible,soastoengagethemostpowerfulhumaninformation

processingabilities,thoseassociatedwithvision."

GeoVisualizationEndgoalisnottoreplacethehumanintheloop,buttoaugmenther/him.Augmentationherecomesthroughengagingthepatternrecognitioncapabilitiesthatourbraininherentlyhas.Combines:TraditionalmapsStatisticalmapsStatisticaldevicesofotherkind(charts,scatterplots,etc.)

Differentrolesintheanalysisprocess...

AmapforeveryoneMapscanfulfillseveralneedsDependingonwhichonewewanttostress,thebestmapwilllookverydifferentMacEachren&Kraak(1997)identifythreemaindimensions:

KnowledgeofwhatisbeingplottedTargetaudienceDegreeofinteractivity

MacEachren&Kraak(1997)mapcube

[ ]Source

http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cartotalk-corne-van-elzakker.pdf

Un/known:fastandslowmaps

Fastmaps[ ]Source

http://darribas.org/buzz_adam/

Slowmaps[ ]Source

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21681376.2015.1067151

Audience:easyandhardmaps

Easymap[ ]Mapofsame-sexmarriageintheUS,2015Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Map_of_same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States.svg

Hardmap[ ]Source

http://epn.sagepub.com/content/44/9/2041.short

Interaction:oneormanymapsinone

Staticmap

Interactivemap

Mapcreatedby darribasbel

CENTERS2010

MSAS

Visiblelayers 2

https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.027218,-118.2305&z=9&t=m&hl=en-GB&gl=US&mapclient=apiv3

https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB_US/help/terms_maps.html

http://darribasbel.cartodb.com/viz/47da5d26-cc8a-11e3-84c3-0e230854a1cb/embed_map?title=false&description=false&search=false&shareable=false&cartodb_logo=true&layer_selector=true&legends=true&scrollwheel=true&fullscreen=true&sublayer_options=1%7C1%7C0%7C0&sql=&sw_lat=33.285&sw_lon=-119.030&ne_lat=34.763&ne_lon=-117.431#like

https://darribasbel.cartodb.com/me?utm_source=Footer_Link&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Embed_v1&utm_content=darribasbel

http://darribasbel.cartodb.com/viz/47da5d26-cc8a-11e3-84c3-0e230854a1cb/embed_map?title=false&description=false&search=false&shareable=false&cartodb_logo=true&layer_selector=true&legends=true&scrollwheel=true&fullscreen=true&sublayer_options=1%7C1%7C0%7C0&sql=&sw_lat=33.285&sw_lon=-119.030&ne_lat=34.763&ne_lon=-117.431#zoom_in

http://darribasbel.cartodb.com/viz/47da5d26-cc8a-11e3-84c3-0e230854a1cb/embed_map?title=false&description=false&search=false&shareable=false&cartodb_logo=true&layer_selector=true&legends=true&scrollwheel=true&fullscreen=true&sublayer_options=1%7C1%7C0%7C0&sql=&sw_lat=33.285&sw_lon=-119.030&ne_lat=34.763&ne_lon=-117.431#zoom_out

http://cartodb.com/attributions

http://darribasbel.cartodb.com/viz/47da5d26-cc8a-11e3-84c3-0e230854a1cb/embed_map?title=false&description=false&search=false&shareable=false&cartodb_logo=true&layer_selector=true&legends=true&scrollwheel=true&fullscreen=true&sublayer_options=1%7C1%7C0%7C0&sql=&sw_lat=33.285&sw_lon=-119.030&ne_lat=34.763&ne_lon=-117.431#/change-visibility

DangersofGeoVisualization

Howtoliewithmaps

HowtoliewithmapsThehumanbrainissogoodapickinguppatterns...

HowtoliewithmapsThehumanbrainissogoodapickinguppatterns......thatitfindsthemevenwheretheydon'texist!

HowtoliewithmapsThehumanbrainissogoodapickinguppatterns......thatitfindsthemevenwheretheydon'texist!Patternicity(Shermer,2008)Thetendenceytofindmeaningfulpatternsinmeaninglessnoise

Apophenia(Konrad,1958)Theexperienceofseeingpatternsorconnectionsinrandomormeaninglessdata

Twitterclusters

Howtobetruthfulwithmaps"Withgreatpowercomesgreatresponsibility"

Statisticstotherescue!!!

Howtobetruthfulwithmaps"Withgreatpowercomesgreatresponsibility"

Statisticstotherescue!!!ComplementandenhancevisualsHelpdisentanglingtruefromspuriouspatterns(a.k.a.identifyingthe"Jesusonthetoast")Reciprocity:GeoViscanalsoenhancestatisticsandmakethemmoreuseful

StatisticsforTwitterclusters

RecapitulationVisualizationofstatisticaldataisafairlyrecentphenomenon.Itspowercomesfromengagingandaugmentingthehumanintheloop,ratherthanreplacingher/him.Itspowercanbemisused,buttherearemethodstolimitthisrisk.

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