The Competitive Analysis Method for Evaluating Water Level Visualization Tools

Roth, Robert E.; Quinn, Chloë; Hart, David

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07926-4_19

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“…Twenty-one interactive dashboards were analyzed and compared through interviews with developers in addition to a competitive analysis [9]. Competitive analyses are used for comparing similar systems and are commonly used in the prototype phase of a new product [24], [25]. The analysis aimed to answer the following list of questions.…”

Section: Comparing and Analyzing Twenty-one Dashboardsmentioning

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On the usefulness of map-based dashboards for decision making

Häägg¹,

Weil²,

Rönnberg³

2020

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Section: Comparing and Analyzing Twenty-one Dashboardsmentioning

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On the usefulness of map-based dashboards for decision making

Häägg¹,

Weil²,

Rönnberg³

2020

Preprint

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“…The assessment of the collected maps draws on content analysis, a systematic approach already used in cartographic research to analyse and compare maps [30][31][32]. The content analysis method relies on identifying a set of codes which serve as operational rules that specify the definitions and intensities of different components in the maps being analysed.…”

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“…Graphic or pictorial symbols (pictograms) created by simplifying the essential external or symbolic characteristics of discrete objects, were used most to represent objects, phenomena, and actions specific to crisis management (on 46 maps-numbered 3, 5,6,7,15,18,19,20,21,22,23,25,26,28,31,32,35,37,41,42,44,45,46,47,56,57,68,72,74,78,80,81,82,83,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,97,98, and 99 in Figure S1). The use of geometric symbols derived from basic geometric figures was observed on one crisis map (map 46 in Figure S1), where data important to military operations were added to the topographic map with the aid of geometric symbols.…”

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Crisis Maps—Observed Shortcomings and Recommendations for Improvement

Divjak

Lapaine

2018

IJGI

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Cartographic communication through crisis maps takes place in a unique environment characterised by the immediate risks of considerable loss and stress. Many such maps are designed by practitioners with limited resources, pressured for time, and who often fail to pay the necessary attention to map graphics. This can reduce map clarity and make orientation to and understanding of essential crisis information difficult. To identify the most frequent shortcomings that may compromise the interpretation of depicted objects, phenomena presented, and actions required, we assessed the map graphics of 106 maps specifically designed for communication and action in crises. The results showed that they were often visually overloaded. Crisis data were not conveyed by appropriate cartographic representations, and due to the inappropriate use of visual variables, the associative and selective properties of cartographic symbols were overlooked, and their ordered and quantitative features ignored. The use of colour was often not adapted to conventional visual language, and colour symbolism was not always taken into account. The cartographic symbols used were often incomprehensible, illegible, ambiguous, and unclassified, and they lacked symbolism and hierarchical organisation. The article aims to address these problems by proposing guidelines which do not require much time or expertise, but which would ensure that cartographically correct crisis maps are well designed. Objects, phenomena or actions specific to crisis management would be indicated using appropriate map graphics and their importance highlighted, so as to make interpretation easier for all participants in a crisis event, and so facilitate crisis communication and response.

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“…• the interface is designed to support a wide variety of application domains • the interface is the first of its kind and has few extant parallels for comparison • a robust work domain analysis already was completed • at the final stages of design and development Roth et al [51] automated evaluation…”

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User-Centered Design for Interactive Maps: A Case Study in Crime Analysis

Roth

Ross

MacEachren

2015

IJGI

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Abstract:In this paper, we address the topic of user-centered design (UCD) for cartography, GIScience, and visual analytics. Interactive maps are ubiquitous in modern society, yet they often fail to "work" as they could or should. UCD describes the process of ensuring interface success-map-based or otherwise-by gathering input and feedback from target users throughout the design and development of the interface. We contribute to the expanding literature on UCD for interactive maps in two ways. First, we synthesize core concepts on UCD from cartography and related fields, as well as offer new ideas, in order to organize existing frameworks and recommendations regarding the UCD of interactive maps. Second, we report on a case study UCD process for GeoVISTA CrimeViz, an interactive and webbased mapping application supporting visual analytics of criminal activity in space and time. The GeoVISTA CrimeViz concept and interface were improved iteratively by working through a series of user→utility→usability loops in which target users provided input and feedback on needs and designs (user), prompting revisions to the conceptualization and functional requirements of the interface (utility), and ultimately leading to new mockups and prototypes of the interface (usability) for additional evaluation by target users (user… and so on). Together, the background review and case study offer guidance for applying UCD to interactive mapping projects, and demonstrate the benefit of including target users throughout design and development.

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The Competitive Analysis Method for Evaluating Water Level Visualization Tools

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

On the usefulness of map-based dashboards for decision making

On the usefulness of map-based dashboards for decision making

Crisis Maps—Observed Shortcomings and Recommendations for Improvement

User-Centered Design for Interactive Maps: A Case Study in Crime Analysis

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