scholarly journals Aggregated Gaze Data Visualization Using Contiguous Irregular Cartograms

Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Vassilios Krassanakis

Gaze data visualization constitutes one of the most critical processes during eye-tracking analysis. Considering that modern devices are able to collect gaze data in extremely high frequencies, the visualization of the collected aggregated gaze data is quite challenging. In the present study, contiguous irregular cartograms are used as a method to visualize eye-tracking data captured by several observers during the observation of a visual stimulus. The followed approach utilizes a statistical grayscale heatmap as the main input and, hence, it is independent of the total number of the recorded raw gaze data. Indicative examples, based on different parameters/conditions and heatmap grid sizes, are provided in order to highlight their influence on the final image of the produced visualization. Moreover, two analysis metrics, referred to as center displacement (CD) and area change (AC), are proposed and implemented in order to quantify the geometric changes (in both position and area) that accompany the topological transformation of the initial heatmap grids, as well as to deliver specific guidelines for the execution of the used algorithm. The provided visualizations are generated using open-source software in a geographic information system.

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
P.A. Marmalyuk ◽  
G.A. Yuryev ◽  
A.V. Zhegallo ◽  
B.Yu. Polyakov ◽  
A.S. Panfilova

This article is devoted to the description of a free, extensible and open source software system designed for eye tracking data analysis. Authors of this article examine not only the main methods and functions of the system core that address gaze data import, data analysis (filtering, smoothing, oculomotor events detection, estimation of events’ characteristics and others) and visualization, but also scheduled improvements of system’s functional features


Author(s):  
A. V. Voronin ◽  
G. N. Maltsev ◽  
M. Yu. Sokhen

Introduction:Data visualization quality is important for the work of a geographic information system operator, determining the conditions under which he or she makes decisions concerning the displayed data. Visual perception patterns associated with the golden ratio properties allow us to formulate a criterion for data visualization quality which would characterize the possibilities of the operator’s complex perception of the video data displayed on a control device screen in the form of an electronic card.Purpose:Substantiation of a data visualization quality criterion for geoinformation systems using the golden ratio properties, and the study of the conditions for providing good visualization quality for geodata and metadata on a video control device screen in accordance with the proposed criterion.Methods:A formal definition of the data visualization quality criterion in geoinformation systems using the coefficient of the screen area information coverage as an index whose optimal value corresponds to the mathematical definition of the golden ratio; and the study of the properties of this criterion. Results: Based on the conducted analysis of visual perception of video data and golden ratio properties during the data visualization, a criterion is proposed for data visualization quality, which uses the golden ratio properties and characterizes the possibilities of complex perception of video data in an electronic map form by a geographic information system operator. Iteration algorithms for choosing the video data display scale are developed, based on the visualization quality criterion and related to the golden ratio properties. These are the basic algorithm used for each geodata layer represented on the electronicmap, and an algorithm of successive analysis of various layers of the displayed geodata. The choice of a video data display scale in accordance with the developed algorithms can be preliminarily carried out by the system operator using the parameters of standard electronic maps and geodata/metadata sets typical for the current applied problem. We have studied how the scale of the geodata and metadata displayed on an electronic map affects their visualization quality on screens of various sizes. For the considered standard volumes of displayed geodata and metadata, the best visualization quality was achieved when they were displayed on a standard computer monitor, as opposed to a portable notebook or visualization screen.Practical relevance:The proposed criterion and the recommendations for choosing a screen size for the video monitoring device or the structures of the displayed geo-objects and metadata can be used in the design of geoinformation systems, or for preliminary choice of the displayed data structure by a geoinformation system operator.


La Granja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-26
Author(s):  
Lia Duarte ◽  
Catarina Queirós ◽  
Ana Cláudia Teodoro

QGIS is a free and open-source software that allows viewing, editing, and analyzing georeferenced data. It is a Geographic Information System (GIS) software composed by tools that allow to manipulate geographic information and consequently to create maps which help to get a better understanding and organization of geospatial data. Unfortunately, maps created directly in the GIS desktop software are not automatically transferred to a website. This research aimed to compare publishing capabilities in different QGIS plugins to create Web Maps. This study analyzes four QGIS plugins (QGIS2Web, QGIS Cloud, GIS Cloud Publisher and Mappia Publisher), performing a comparison between them, considering their advantages and disadvantages, the free and subscription plans, the tools offered by each plugin and other generic aspects. The four plugins were tested in a specific case study to automatically obtain different Web Maps. This study could help users to choose the most adequate tools to publish Web Maps under QGIS software.


Author(s):  
Lucas Terres de Lima ◽  
Sandra Fernández-Fernández ◽  
Carlos V. C. Weiss ◽  
Volney Bitencourt ◽  
Cristina Bernardes

This work assesses sea-level rise using three different models created on Free and Open-Source Software for Geographic Information System (FOSS4GIS). Based on regional projections of Special Report on Climate Change and Oceans and Cryosphere (SROCC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the models were applied to a case of study on Rio Grande do Sul coast – Brazil under different sea-level rise scenarios by the end of this century. The End Point Rate for QGIS (EPR4Q), calculates a shoreline projection using End Point Rate method. The Uncertainty Bathtub Model (uBTM), analyses the sea-level rise impact by the uncertainty of sea-level projec-tions and vertical error of the Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM/DTM). The Bruun Rule for Google Earth Engine Model (BRGM) predicts the shoreline position with sea-level rise, using topographic and bathymetric data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Coastal Modelling System (SMC – Brazil), respectively. The results indicated a maximum shoreline retreat for 2100 of -502 m and -1727 m using EPR4Q and BRGM, correspondingly. The uBTM using the land-use of Mapbiomas showed a maximum of 44.57 km2 of urban area impacted by the sea-level flood. This research highlights the possibility of performing coastal management analysis in GIS environ-ment using non-commercial software.


10.2196/27706 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Cilia ◽  
Romuald Carette ◽  
Mahmoud Elbattah ◽  
Gilles Dequen ◽  
Jean-Luc Guérin ◽  
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Author(s):  
S. Agrawal ◽  
R. D. Gupta

Geographic Information System (GIS) is a tool used for capture, storage, manipulation, query and presentation of spatial data that have applicability in diverse fields. Web GIS has put GIS on Web, that made it available to common public which was earlier used by few elite users. In the present paper, development of Web GIS frameworks has been explained that provide the requisite knowledge for creating Web based GIS applications. Open Source Software (OSS) have been used to develop two Web GIS frameworks. In first Web GIS framework, WAMP server, ALOV, Quantum GIS and MySQL have been used while in second Web GIS framework, Apache Tomcat server, GeoServer, Quantum GIS, PostgreSQL and PostGIS have been used. These two Web GIS frameworks have been critically compared to bring out the suitability of each for a particular application as well as their performance. This will assist users in selecting the most suitable one for a particular Web GIS application.


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