Title :
Mapping an epidemic outbreak: Effective analysis and presentation
Author :
Boone, Kevin ; Swing, Edward
Abstract :
The microblog challenge presented an opportunity to use commercial software for visual analysis. An epidemic outbreak occurred in the city of Vastopolis, requiring visualizations of symptoms and their spread over time. Using these tools, analysts could successfully identify the outbreak´s origin and pattern of dispersion. The maps used to analyze the data and present the results provided clear, easily understood representations, and presented a logical explanation of a complex progression of events.
Keywords :
Web sites; cartography; data analysis; data visualisation; epidemics; medical computing; Vastopolis city; commercial software; data analysis; dispersion pattern; epidemic outbreak mapping; map; microblog challenge; outbreak origin; symptom visualization; visual analysis; Bridges; Data visualization; Dispersion; Rivers; Software; Stomach; Synthetic aperture sonar; ArcGIS; Information Visualization; Spatial Analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2011 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Providence, RI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0015-5
DOI :
10.1109/VAST.2011.6102486
