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Some Research Problems in Geovisualization

Joseph Joy
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT
MICROSOFT RESEARCH INDIA
INDIA
josephj@windows.microsoft.com


Abstract

In Geovisualization, domain-specific knowledge is deeply intertwined with geospatial techniques. While commercial solutions exists for many specific scenarios, there is an ever growing need for foundational research in Geovisualization. In this survey paper, we present progress on a range of open research problems in Geovisualization. Our selection of research topics is drawn from recent work by a broad range of researchers from the worldwide research community. Topics range from information retrieval challenges of complex, semistructured geospatial data, to studies into the importance of incorporating models of human perception into geovisualization tasks