Title
DynamoVis - Dynamic Visualization of Animal Movement Data
Published Date
2018-06-01
Authors
Group
University of Minnesota, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society
Author Contact
Dodge, Somayeh (sdodge@umn.edu)
Type
Dataset
Programming Software Code
Abstract
Exploring movement, as an important aspect of spatiotemporal processes, has gained new momentum from the availability of large spatiotemporal datasets. This has given rise to the development of new exploratory and analytical techniques to generate new insight into dynamic processes and the spatiotemporal context in which they operate. This study develops a new dynamic visualization tool, called ``DYNAMOVis: Dynamic Visualization of Movement'', developed for the exploratory analysis of movement in relation to the environment and geographic context. DYNAMOVis applies visual variables such as point and line width, color, and directional vector to visualize movement tracks in their attribute space (e.g. movement parameters and context attributes).
Using real case studies from Movement Ecology, we show how hybrid and dynamic visualizations can strengthen spatiotemporal research by facilitating data exploration, generating new hypotheses, discovery of patterns and dependencies, as well as promoting interdisciplinary research collaborations.
Referenced by
Xavier, G. and Dodge, S., (2014). An Exploratory Visualization Tool for Mapping the Relationships between Animal Movement and the Environment. In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Interacting with Maps. pp. 36–42, doi:10.1145/2677068.2677071
License
GNU General Public License v3
Suggested Citation
Somayeh Dodge; Glenn Xavier; Wing Yi Wong.
(2018). DynamoVis - Dynamic Visualization of Animal Movement Data.
Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota,
https://doi.org/10.13020/D6PH49.