Visualization analysis and design for a geographic information visualization product
Lempiäinen, Esa (2021)
Lempiäinen, Esa
2021
Master's Programme in Human-Technology Interaction
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2021-10-14
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202110137581
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202110137581
Tiivistelmä
Developing information visualization software is a relatively new activity that involves theory of many disciplines. Recent decades have seen big development in theory and practices for software development, as well as design practices of information visualization. However, developing interactive information visualization software has its own range of considerations for design, implementation and evaluation that are not addressed by any other discipline individually. As such the development work of visualizations can benefit from a theoretical base that defines common concepts specifically for developing information visualization software. Such established concepts would enhance the designers’ and researchers’ ability to think and discuss and thus improve their designs and practices. In her book Visualization Analysis and Design Tamara Munzner has presented a framework that defines a body of over-arching concepts for design and analysis of information visualization tools that spans across the design and implementation process. In this thesis I evaluate an interactive information visualization software product and its development process considering Munzner’s framework, while also evaluating Munzner’s framework considering how well it lends itself to the task.