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In the context of a research about application of dynamic visualisation parameters in animations for monitoring purposes, this paper reports on characteristics of dynamic geo-spatial phenomena for visual exploration. A framework of concepts is proposed to describe a variety of phenomena in the physical environment. The nature of monitoring tasks is taken into account. Explicit attention is paid to context-sensitivity and to the description of the temporal behaviour of dynamic phenomena. If it proves to be a suitable framework, visualisation variables will be linked to the general concepts to form a theoretical basis for animated representation of dynamic geo-spatial phenomena. Empirical testing of animations will follow to evaluate whether dynamic visualisation variables can be used to prompt thinking about the processes at work and about spatio-temporal relationships by domain experts who perform monitoring tasks. The ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of representation methods and interaction tools.
This is the revised and updated version of a paper previously published as: Blok, C.A.: Monitoring of Spatio-temporal Changes: Characteristics of Dynamics for Visual Exploration. In: Keller, C.P. (ed.): Proceedings 19th International Cartographic Conference, Ottawa, Canada, Vol. 1. Canadian Institute of Geomatics, Ottawa (1999) 699–709.
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Blok, C. (2000). Monitoring Change: Characteristics of Dynamic Geo-spatial Phenomena for Visual Exploration. In: Freksa, C., Habel, C., Brauer, W., Wender, K.F. (eds) Spatial Cognition II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1849. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45460-8_2
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