Liam McNabb
When size matters: Towards evaluating perceivability of choropleths
McNabb, Liam; Laramee, Robert S.; Wilson, Max L.
Authors
Professor ROBERT LARAMEE ROBERT.LARAMEE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Dr MAX WILSON MAX.WILSON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Contributors
G. Tam
Editor
F. Vidal
Editor
Abstract
Choropleth maps are an invaluable visualization type for mapping geo-spatial data. One advantage to a choropleth map over other geospatial visualizations such as cartograms is the familiarity of a non-distorted landmass. However, this causes challenges when an area becomes too small in order to accurately perceive the underlying color. When does size matter in a choropleth map? We conduct an experiment to verify the relationship between choropleth maps, their underlying color map, and a user’s perceivability. We do this by testing a user’s perception of color relative to an administrative area’s size within a choropleth map, as well as user-preference of fixed-locale maps with enforced minimum areas. Based on this initial experiment we can make the first recommendations with respect to a unit area’s minimum size in order to be perceivably useful.
Citation
McNabb, L., Laramee, R. S., & Wilson, M. L. (2018, September). When size matters: Towards evaluating perceivability of choropleths. Presented at Computer Graphics and Visual Computing, CGVC 2018, Swansea, UK
Presentation Conference Type | Edited Proceedings |
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Conference Name | Computer Graphics and Visual Computing, CGVC 2018 |
Start Date | Sep 13, 2018 |
End Date | Sep 14, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | Jul 30, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 13, 2018 |
Publication Date | Sep 13, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Oct 15, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 16, 2018 |
Volume | 2018-September |
Pages | 163-171 |
Book Title | EG UK Computer Graphics & Visual Computing |
ISBN | 9783038680710 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2312/cgvc.20181221 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1164976 |
Publisher URL | https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/cgvc20181221 |
Contract Date | Oct 15, 2018 |
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