GeoSense was an open publishing platform for visualization, social sharing, and data analysis of geospatial data. It explores the power of data analysis through robust layering and highly customizable data visualization. GeoSense supports the simultaneous comparison and individual styling for multiple massive data sources showing geolocated points ranging from 10 thousand to tens of millions.
Current systems for geospatial data visualization demand that users have expert level knowledge, advanced technical capability, and design acumen to produce results. These inherent complexities prevent many users from uncovering deeper meaning or hidden narratives within geospatial data.
We suggest that geovisualization can be made more approachable while also leveraging collective intelligence from connected communities through shared data and analysis. To address this, we have built GeoSense. We provide a robust suite of tools for users who have little knowledge of the intricacies of GIS and are looking to better understand the spatial and temporal qualities of geospatial data. GeoSense proposes that design may be used as a lens to enhance human understanding and provide insight where new and provocative discoveries can be uncovered through visual analysis and shared cognition.
Demo Visualization: Earthquakes since 1970
A global earthquake map designed using GeoSense. The web application aggregated several hundred thousand records from a CSV file, containing global earthquake data since the 1970s. We gave it a color scale ranging from blue to yellow, according to the strength of the quake. Superimposed is a KML file that shows the fault lines between tectonic plates. You’ll notice that there is a striking correlation between the number of earthquakes (visualized by the bubble size) and the fault lines.
Sophisticated Editor Tools: Tune your colors, strokes, shapes and baselayers for maximum impact.
Color Scheme Generator: Create sequential, diverging, and qualitative color palettes automatically – depending on your data.
Data Importer: Allows to you to import multiple formats such as GeoJSON, KML, and CSV, and transform the values using a graphical user interface.
Demo Visualization: Safecast
Safecast is a global volunter-centered citizen science project working to empower people with data about their environments. We produced an interactive map for them that visualized their huge radiation dataset, started in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. In our map you can see how by layering several datasets we attempt to provide a platform for the concerned public to make sense of the situation.
The GeoSense landing page. We suggest that geovisualization can be made more approachable while also leveraging collective intelligence from connected communities through shared data and analysis. To address this, we have built GeoSense. We provide a robust suite of tools for users who have little knowledge of the intricacies of GIS and are looking to better understand the spatial and temporal qualities of geospatial data.
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