Automatic Generation of Animated Migration Maps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14702017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Thompson (0000-0003-0106-8309, University of Nebraska, United States), William M Thompson (0000-0002-0774-1704, corresponding author), Stephen J Lavin (University of Nebraska System), Stephen Lavin (Department of Geography, University of Nebraska, United States) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 17-28 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/p4q4-1220-3774-m430 |
| OpenAlex | W2004497297 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
Thematic cartographers have used numerous techniques to portray the spatial and quantitative aspects of human migrations: choropleth maps, graduated symbol maps, and, most commonly, flow maps. Unfortunately, these methods all have serious shortcomings, particularly when used to map complex movement patterns. This paper proposes and demonstrates a new technique: automatically generated migration mapping. This technique automatically produces animated visualizations directly from a data base of net migration counts without the need for any other drawing or animation software. The method animates vector field maps according to the model set forth in 1885 by Ernst Ravenstein in his ground-breaking work on migration. Automatically generated migration animations are intended as tools for the exploration of migration data, allowing the viewer to perceive geographic patterns of flow through the combined motion of many small symbols moving independently across a background map. Symbol size and colour present information regarding relative migration quantities. Separate animations have been constructed using the traditional flow map symbol shape, the arrow, as well as a symbol shape rarely employed for mapping flows, the circle. The method is demonstrated by mapping migration as recorded by the Bureau of the Census for the 48 conterminous states of the United States from 1975 to 1980
Animation · Cartography · Computer graphics (images · Field (mathematics · Flow (mathematics · Flow map · Geographic information system · Geography · Set (abstract data type · Symbol (formal · Thematic map · Vector map · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Mathematics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |