Visualization Using Geographic Metaphors

• Grant number: 12/24634-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: May 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science
• Principal Investigator: Guilherme Pimentel Telles
• Grantee: Pedro Henrique de Araújo Siqueira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Computação (IC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Information visualization is: given a set of data, (a) making an association between them, extracting and grouping similar data characteristics, and (b) visually represent this association. This representation should present a pattern between the data, to be able to interpret and draw conclusions from this representation. Many applications can be drawn from data visualization, for example, look for patterns present in a data set, get a group of similar documents and find texts that contain certain subject. In our dissertation proposal, we have aimed at investigating the various types of data visualization techniques from the literature and propose an approach for data visualization. We will take the idea of geographic maps, which is a visualization common to the people, to make a geographic visualization for non-geographic data.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SIQUEIRA, Pedro Henrique de Araújo. Information visualization by geographic metaphors. 2015. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Computação Campinas, SP.