Research Themes

Recent Publications
- Klippel, A. et al. (2011). Interpreting spatial patterns: An inquiry into formal and cognitive aspects of Tobler's first law of geography. Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
- Roth, R.E. et al. (2011). Card sorting for cartographic research and practice.Cartography and Geographic Information Science 38(2).
- Li, R. et al. (2011). Geographic event conceptualization: Where spatial and cognitive sciences meet. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
- Robinson, A.C. (2010). Supporting Synthesis in Geovisualization. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
- MacEachren, A.M. et al. (In Press). Geo-Twitter Analytics: Applications in Crisis Management. 25th International Cartographic Conference.
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List of Research Projects

The GeoVISTA Center conducts interdisciplinary research focused on the 6 research themes at left. We have received support from numerous public and private sources for specific projects over the years.

Ongoing Projects:

Human Factors in GIScience Lab
VACCINE: Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (DHS)
STempo: an interactive visualization and statistical environment for discovery and analysis of space-time patterns (NGA)
Standardizing Map Symbology for Critical Incidents (DHS)
Contextual influences on the category construction of geographic-scale movement patterns (NSF)
Spatial awareness through sapient interfaces (NSF)
Symbol and Label Design Solutions for Electronic Topographic Mapping for The National Map of the United States (USGS)
GeoCAM: Geographic Contextualization for Accounts of Movement (NGA)
Vaccine Modeling Initiative (Gates Foundation)
GAIDD: Geovisual Analytics for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Digital Libraries in Support of Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Geography (NSF)
Air Pollution and Cardiac Vulnerability to Acute Events (CDC)

Past Projects:

NEVAC: NorthEast Visualization and Analytics Center (PNNL)
GeoCollaborative Crisis Management (NSF)
The strengths and weaknesses of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and spatial statistical methods for Prostate Cancer (CDC)
Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis of Cancer Data (NCI)
GEON: The Geo-Sciences Network (NSF)
STNexus: An Integrated Database and Visualization Enviroment for Space-Time Information Exploitation (ARDA ARIVA)
Ontologies in Action (NSF)
GIS/Atlas Cancer Research (CDC)
Cyber-infrastructure to Support Information Sharing, Analysis, and Visualization Using a Fungal Plant Pathogen Database (NSF)
Dialogue-Assisted Visual Environment for Geoinformation (NSF ITR)
Quality Graphics for Federal Statistical Summaries (NSF)
Human-Environment Regional Observatory (NSF)
Knowledge Management Over Time-Varying Geospatial Datasets (NSF)
MapStats for Kids (FedStats)
Multivariate Mapping (NCI)
Apoala (EPA)
VisEarth (NSF)
Visualizing Health Statistics (NCHS)
Visualization To Support Coordinated Geospatial Decision Making (NIMA)
Semantics for Geospatial Information (NIMA)
Development of an Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis Tool for Cancer Surveillance (NCI)
Fundamental Approaches to Task-Oriented Visualization of Uncertainty (ARDA)