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Scalable Techniques to Visualize Spatiotemporal Data

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Information visualization; Scalable techniques; Spatiotemporal data

Definition

Spatiotemporal visualization uses a set of tools and techniques to explore and explain changes of information in space and time, aiming to convey specific insights in large and complex data sets to humans (Zhong et al. 2012).

Introduction

Our world is saturated with spatiotemporal data. Spatiotemporal visualization plays an important role in the discovery and understanding of the inherent nature of data. Zhong et al. (2012) defined spatiotemporal visualization as a set of tools and techniques to explore changes of information in space and time, aiming to convey specific insights in large and complex data sets to humans. Researchers have created numerous applications and techniques to visualize spatiotemporal data as efficiently and effectively as possible. Space-time cube (Gatalsky et al. 2004), small multiples (Tufte 2001), the choropleth map (Nöllenburg 2007), and stacked area charts (Hao et al. 2005...

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  1. School of Media Arts & Design, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA

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  2. Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

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Guo, C., Wei, S., Chen, Y. (2017). Scalable Techniques to Visualize Spatiotemporal Data. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_94-1

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