Visualizing Spatial Data: The Problem of Paradigms

摘要

This paper describes the problem of developing working paradigms for advanced spatial data applications. The key role of interactive visualization in enabling the expertise of specialists, if effectively integrated into their working environments, is described. The scope for applying intelligence in designing visualizations to support, rather than to supplant, the expert is explored. A systematic framework describing the visualization design process, and an approach to applying intelligence around metavisualizations of the visualization design process, are summarized.