Geovisualization for knowledge construction and decision support

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Authors: MacEachren, Alan M.; Gahegan, Mark N.; Pike, William; Brewer, Issac; Cai, Guorary; Lengerich, Eugene; Hardisty, Frank;
Publishing Info: IEEE Computer Graphics and applications , 24(1), 13--17.
Year: 2004

Everyone's Keywords: ; Geovisualization; Knowledge construction;

Abstract: Geovisualization is both a process for leveraging the data resources to meet scientific and societal needs and a research field that develops visual methods and tools to support a wide array of geospatial data applications. While researchers have made substantial advances in geovisualization over the past decade, many challenges remain. To support real-world knowledge construction and decision making, some of the most important challenges involve distributed geovisualization - that is, enabling geovisualization across software components, devices, people, and places.

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