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LandscapesofText–TheArtandScienceof
GeographicTextVisualization
AlexanderSavelyevTexasStateUniversity
Geo-textualphenomenaGeneralvernacular.
Smells,sounds,emotions(qualitativesocialmetrics).
Symptoms(epidemiology).
Statementsabout:Extremenaturaleventsandhazards.Politicalevents,racialtension.Socialevents(anddailylivingexperience).
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Howto(geo)visualizetext
1. Applygeneralvisualizationtechniques.
2. Explicitlyfocusontypographicvisualvariables.
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Generaldatavisualizationtechniquesusedfortextvisualization:
temporalvisualizations,
network-basedvisualizations,informationspatialization.
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Datavisualizationtechniquesthatfocusontypographicvisualvariablesexplicitly:
tagclouds,
structuredtagclouds,andgeographictagclouds.
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Typographicvariablesintagcloudsdesignsareoften“abused,drivenbyasingle-mindedfetishforfillingspace,atthecostofusingspaceinacognitivelydefendablemanner”.(Skupin,2011)
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Challengeofinnovation
[Thereis]acertainmyopiaandlackofimaginationwhenitcomestothefullpotentialofusingtextwithinmaps.(Skupin,2011)
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Challengeofevaluation
Despitetheimpressivenumberofcontributionsandwidevarietyofapproachesidentifiedintheliterature,thefieldisstillinitsinfancy.(Alencar etal.,2012)
[Noadequate]basisforcomparisonbetweenexistingstudies.(Julienetal.,2008)
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Challengesofadoption
1. Lackoftextvisualizationtools.
2. Limitationsofdataprocessingtools.
3. Limitedpopularrecognition(exceptfortagclouds)
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