• DocumentCode
    2636533
  • Title

    Mapping an epidemic outbreak: Effective analysis and presentation

  • Author

    Boone, Kevin ; Swing, Edward

  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    23-28 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    307
  • Lastpage
    308
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2011 IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Providence, RI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0015-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VAST.2011.6102486
  • Filename
    6102486