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Pia Bereuter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A Change of Theme: The Role of Generalization in Thematic Mapping
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020Co-Authors: Paulo Raposo, Guillaume Touya, Pia BereuterAbstract:Cartographic generalization research has focused almost exclusively in recent years on topographic mapping, and has thereby gained an incorrect reputation for having to do only with reference or positional data. The generalization research community needs to broaden its scope to include thematic cartography and geovisualization. Generalization is not new to these areas of cartography, and has in fact always been involved in thematic geographic visualization, despite rarely being acknowledged. We illustrate this involvement with several examples of famous, Public-Audience thematic maps, noting the generalization procedures involved in drawing each, both across their basemap and thematic layers. We also consider, for each map example we note, which generalization operators were crucial to the formation of the map's thematic message. The many incremental gains made by the cartographic generalization research community while treating reference data can be brought to bear on thematic cartography in the same way they were used implicitly on the well-known thematic maps we highlight here as examples.
Paulo Raposo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A Change of Theme: The Role of Generalization in Thematic Mapping
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020Co-Authors: Paulo Raposo, Guillaume Touya, Pia BereuterAbstract:Cartographic generalization research has focused almost exclusively in recent years on topographic mapping, and has thereby gained an incorrect reputation for having to do only with reference or positional data. The generalization research community needs to broaden its scope to include thematic cartography and geovisualization. Generalization is not new to these areas of cartography, and has in fact always been involved in thematic geographic visualization, despite rarely being acknowledged. We illustrate this involvement with several examples of famous, Public-Audience thematic maps, noting the generalization procedures involved in drawing each, both across their basemap and thematic layers. We also consider, for each map example we note, which generalization operators were crucial to the formation of the map's thematic message. The many incremental gains made by the cartographic generalization research community while treating reference data can be brought to bear on thematic cartography in the same way they were used implicitly on the well-known thematic maps we highlight here as examples.
Guillaume Touya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A Change of Theme: The Role of Generalization in Thematic Mapping
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020Co-Authors: Paulo Raposo, Guillaume Touya, Pia BereuterAbstract:Cartographic generalization research has focused almost exclusively in recent years on topographic mapping, and has thereby gained an incorrect reputation for having to do only with reference or positional data. The generalization research community needs to broaden its scope to include thematic cartography and geovisualization. Generalization is not new to these areas of cartography, and has in fact always been involved in thematic geographic visualization, despite rarely being acknowledged. We illustrate this involvement with several examples of famous, Public-Audience thematic maps, noting the generalization procedures involved in drawing each, both across their basemap and thematic layers. We also consider, for each map example we note, which generalization operators were crucial to the formation of the map's thematic message. The many incremental gains made by the cartographic generalization research community while treating reference data can be brought to bear on thematic cartography in the same way they were used implicitly on the well-known thematic maps we highlight here as examples.
Michael Cotta-schønberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Oration “Advenisse te citius” of Pope Pius II (December 1459). Edited and translated by Michael v. Cotta-Schönberg. 6th version. (Orations of Enea Silvio Piccolomini / Pope Pius II; 53)
2019Co-Authors: Michael Cotta-schønbergAbstract:In December 1459, when the business of the Congress of Mantua was almost concluded, Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg finally arrived. He was Pope Pius II’s favourite German prince. Albrecht was received and highly praised by the pope in a Public Audience. There is no doubt that Albrecht’s appearance at the Congress of Mantova was a great comfort to the pope, and it possible that Albrecht would have accepted command of a Christian army, had one been formed.
Aric Bickel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Communicating local relevance of ocean observations: Integrating real-time ocean sensor data visualizations, online communications, and ocean issues to engage Public Audiences
OCEANS 2016 MTS IEEE Monterey, 2016Co-Authors: Jennifer Patterson, Aric BickelAbstract:As we routinely face information overload in our daily lives, infographics have become an intuitive, relatable way to communicate both online and in print. Mainstream newspapers and magazines now employ staff who are specifically dedicated to data mining and telling stories with data through data visualizations and infographics. In addition to infographics, online ‘story telling’ is another trending approach to distilling information and finding ways to make data and information relevant to target Audiences. The geospatial data community is keenly aware of this trend and has developed communications tools like ESRI Story Maps that allow map makers to combine map-based data with stories creating place-based communications tools. Members of the ocean technology community are already benefiting from these new tools and are using them to communicate their research to funding agencies and the Public. When presented with the opportunity to build an interface for communicating the relevance of our ocean observing data to the Public in the context of El Nino, the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) set out to combine effective infographic and story map communication tools with real-time data, essentially creating an online, dynamic map-based real-time data infographic. In this paper, we will discuss our design process, data analysis, data visualization and story integration methods. Our goal was to create a simple interface for non-science users, designed to get people exploring, spark curiosity, and encourage learning more through links to online El Nino education and communication resources. We will present the challenges associated with transforming raw data into relevant easy to understand information geared towards a Public Audience. With our modest example, we aim to demonstrate to other data collectors how they can use emerging data visualization and web technologies to engage Audiences and communicate the relevance of their monitoring programs and sensors.