8. WHAT IS VISUAL ANALYTICS?
Which region had the most profitable month?
Region January February March April May June July August September October November December Grand Tota
Central $9.03 $999.50 $679.14 $689.13 $306.61 $1,947.43 $1,008.17 $1,553.14 $86.43 $686.95 $1,868.54 $1,305.00 $11,139.0
East $1,828.20 $174.65 $255.84 $479.04 $874.76 $299.85 $309.38 $1,722.66 $57.71 $6,002.0
West $291.17 $1,139.43 $167.44 $63.68 $825.00 $2,486.7
Grand Total $1,837.23 $1,465.32 $1,818.57 $944.97 $953.09 $2,822.19 $1,308.02 $1,553.14 $459.49 $2,409.61 $1,868.54 $2,187.71 $19,627.8
9. WHAT IS VISUAL ANALYTICS?
Which region had the most profitable month?
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West East Central
10. WHAT IS VISUAL ANALYTICS?
•Classic visualizations are widespread
•Only 25% organizations use geospatial and
location intelligence capabilities (Gartner)
•Already in 1854 by John Snow
In practice
13. WHAT IS VISUAL ANALYTICS?
The Cholera Map by John Snow
• 616 victims of Cholera
in London
• Not transmitted by the
air but by the water
• The source of the
disease was a water
pump on Broad Street
14. WHAT IS VISUAL ANALYTICS?
"The science of analytical reasoning
facilitated by
interactive visual interfaces"
Definition
16. 5 CHALLENGES FOR
GEOSPATIAL VISUAL ANALYTICS
• Different Projections
• Different Dimensions
• Data Aggregation
• Multiple representations
• User Interaction
This is visual analytics in its simplest form, by adding the color a specific pattern immediately stands out.
Bar charts just so happen to be one of the best visualizations for comparing data.
John Snow mapped the cases. The map represents each death as a bar. They are clustered around the pump in Broad street.
A requirement that is very specific for geospatial VA is the ability to handle different coordinate systems and projections.
For example when you want to analyse vessel traffic around the North Pole, you should be able to use a polar stereographic projection .
We already know since Colombus that the world is round, but until recent maps were always flat. Maps in 3D can add a lot af value for instance when hight is important but when you want to keep an overview 2D stays important . So the ideal interactive visual interface can easily switch between 2D and 3D.
By determining which objects in a visible area are similar, and by displaying similar objects as one clustered object, your map quickly clears up. As you zoom into the map, the object cluster dissolves again into distinct objects.
Another way to detect variation or correlation between images is a side-by-side comparison in quick succession. Luciad’s swipe controller allows users to swipe between two layer sets that cover the same area.
It’s not because you want to analyse geospatial data, that you’re only interested in seeing maps. You also want to see your data in a different representation.
Here you see a map on the right visualizing a sailing competition and left of it there are various non-geospatial objects showing parameters like wind, speed and optimal direction.