The Geovisualisation Committee focuses, among other things, on:
monitoring, stimulating and realizing new visualization trends that can be applied in the geo-world
studying and realizing new representations in relation to ‘new’ data flows (3D and time)
developing visualizations for the GIS science process (geovisual analytics).
Members
Menno-Jan Kraak (chair) – University of Twente
Vincent van Altena – Cadastre
Jaap Boter – Vrije Universiteit
Tessa Eikelboom – Rijkswaterstaat
Alexander Klippel – Wageningen University & Research
Michal Koutek – Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Rob van Lammeren – Wageningen University & Research
Paul Liesting – Liesting
Tjeerd Tichelaar – Noordhoff
Objectives
The committee has the following objectives:
Monitoring, stimulating and realizing new visualization trends that can be applied in the geo-world. This could include assessing the application possibilities of visualization techniques that are currently not or hardly used in the geo domain and originate from other visualization domains such as scientific and information visualization.
Studying and realizing new representations in relation to ‘new’ data flows (3-dimensional and time). There is currently a lot of attention to 3D data collection and data modeling for, among other things, 3D city models, planning processes and development scenarios. What are the most suitable visualisations for this? The same question applies to studying moving objects, including in transportation, where a lot of data becomes available via GPS and GSM.
Developing visualisations for the GIScience process (geovisual analytics). When solving problems via spatial analysis, more and more data from different sources of different scale and quality are available, while the questions are cross-disciplinary. A visual approach can be illuminating here.
Responding to the need for community mapping (neogeography). The stormy development of social media also has a spin-off to our geo-domain. A lot of information is given a tag (geographical name or coordinate) and people often create maps based on these tags, using Open Street Map, for example. These maps do not meet traditional requirements, but they still contain a wealth of ‘informal’ geo-information. The question is whether this information is useful for formal geo-processes.
Web-mapping technology and design for the National Atlas. Many developments are currently taking place around spatial infrastructure. There are also visualisation challenges here. Mention may be made of the embedding of the National Atlas in the infrastructure. This raises questions in the areas of organisation, design and geo-services.
Applying process (geo)visualisation to the processing of spatial data. A not yet widely applied use of visualization is providing insight into data processing. It is a challenge to see whether the methods and techniques of cartography are also useful here.
Studying and applying the use and possibilities of ‘maps’ in the aforementioned context. Since all visualizations are made with a specific goal in mind, and usually also with a target group in mind, an important question remains: does it work? An answer to this question about effectiveness and efficiency, among other things, depends on the conditions of use, such as on a mobile phone, behind a screen, or on paper.
Tasks
These objectives are achieved through the stimulation of research and the organization of study days.
