GEOG461W Test 1

Question 1

what is dynamic representation?

Answer 1

USER and DATA-DRIVEN change

Question 2

define geovisualization

Answer 2

using visualizations of geographic material to facilitate thinking, understanding, and knowledge about aspects of the human and physical environment

Question 3

is geovisualization a process or a product?

Answer 3

it is both the creation of visual representations, thus a process, and the product of those creations.

Question 4

name 5 the five components from which geovisualization rooted?

Answer 4

cartography
visualization in scientific computing
EDA
HCI
information visualization

Question 5

what is geovisualization + computing

Answer 5

turning large sets of data into visualizations to find patterns and support knowledge construction

Question 6

what is geovisual analytics

Answer 6

enabling human analytical reasoning from visualizations

Question 7

name the 4 steps of geovisualization

Answer 7

exploration, confirmation, synthesis, presentation

Question 8

what two things does geovisualization support in visual thinking / private realm

Answer 8

exploring and conformation

Question 9

what two things does geovisualization support in the visual communication / public realm

Answer 9

synthesis and presentation

Question 10

what is more mimetic and why: isolines representing elevation or a three-dimensional terrain representation?

Answer 10

the model is more mimetic because it is closer to resembling the actual phenomena

Question 11

exploration

Answer 11

examining unknown raw data and creating hypotheses

Question 12

confirmation (analysis)

Answer 12

hypothesis testing and manipulating data in search of answers

Question 13

synthesis

Answer 13

extracting salient patterns and relationships from exploration and confirmation

Question 14

presentation

Answer 14

stage of communicating known information

Question 15

name the three parts of the semiotics triangle

Answer 15

referent, interpretant, and sign vehicle

Question 16

sign vehicle

Answer 16

the actual symbol or text being displayed

Question 17

referent

Answer 17

the actual phenomena being displayed

Question 18

interpretant

Answer 18

The user and the meaning a user attaches to a phenomena relating it to the referent

Question 19

pragmatics

Answer 19

how meaning in created and shared

Question 20

sytactics

Answer 20

how sign vehicles and relations among sign vehicles work

Question 21

semantics

Answer 21

how representations stand for features in the real world

Question 22

name the 4 aspects of apprise

Answer 22

designate, appraise, label, relate

Question 23

name the 4 aspects of stimulate

Answer 23

prescribe, (be) emotive, connote, aesthetic (response)

Question 24

designate

Answer 24

the specify or characterize

Question 25

appraise

Answer 25

to evaluate in an official capacity or to JUDGE

Question 26

label

Answer 26

the attach a label or identify

Question 27

relate

Answer 27

to establish a relationship or interactivity

Question 28

APPRISE

Answer 28

to inform or tell something about

Question 29

STIMULATE

Answer 29

encourage interest or activity in

Question 30

prescribe

Answer 30

to convey rules, laws, or regulations

Question 31

(be) emotive

Answer 31

expressing or prompting emotion

Question 32

connote

Answer 32

to suggest or imply meaning additional to literal meaning (think fat US for fat people)

Question 33

aesthetic

Answer 33

of or concerning the appreciation of beauty

Question 34

what are the 3 parts of spatial dimensionality

Answer 34

point, line, and polygon

Question 35

three ways of mapping time

Answer 35

states - snapshots in time (census)
events - points of change (earthquake)
episodes - sequence of events (hurricane season)

Question 36

what are monmier’s two ways of describing time and what is there equivalent

Answer 36

graphic script - play or movie

graphic phrase - scene and act

Question 37

what kind of data is best for dynamic mapping

Answer 37

ordinal

Question 38

name Harrower’s 4 challenges in map animation

Answer 38

disappearance, attention, complexity, and confidence

Question 39

name 4 solutions to disappearance

Answer 39

looping
manual stepping
control of pace
symbol decay/benchmarks

Question 40

name 3 solutions to attention

Answer 40

sequencing
voice-over
use of sing vehicles to indicate when things are happening at critical times

Question 41

name 4 solutions to complexity

Answer 41

data filtering
user control
data smoothing
aggregation

Question 42

name a solution to confidence

Answer 42

provided guided tours of tools

Question 43

what is the difference between classical stats and EDA

Answer 43

EDA suggests that you view your stats and visualize them before making any hypotheses

Question 44

what is schneiderman’s visual information seeking mantra

Answer 44

generate an overview, zoom, filter data, request details on demand

Question 45

brushing

Answer 45

direct highlighting

Question 46

4 kinds of interacting

Answer 46

brushing, linking, focusing, and arranging

Question 47

linking

Answer 47

cross-view entity connection

Question 48

focusing

Answer 48

change perspective by filtering result in subset view

Question 49

arranging

Answer 49

re positioning the phenomena

Question 50

name 4 space-time exploratory techniques

Answer 50

querying
animation
focusing
map iteration

Question 51

querying

Answer 51

database lookup

Question 52

animation

Answer 52

control of speed, moments, and smoothness

Question 53

focusing

Answer 53

selecting and arranging a subset of information

Question 54

map iteration

Answer 54

creating small multiples

Question 55

name 3 kinds of space-time change

Answer 55

existential, location, and attribute

Question 56

existential change

Answer 56

event appears or disappears for a certain duration or so frequently

Question 57

spatial change

Answer 57

event moves location, height, size, or volume