Visualizing large spatial time series data on mobile devices — Combining the HeatTile system with a progressive loading approach
ISBN 978-85-88783-11-9
Authors
1Meier, S.
1UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES POTSDAM Email: meier@fh-potsdam.de
Abstract
In this paper we introduce an approach for visualizing large spatial time series data sets on mobile devices. We are employing the HeatTile system (Meier, Heidmann, & Thom, 2014) and extending it with a progressive loading approach, the stream approach. By combining those two approaches we are trying to overcome the performance and bandwidth limitations inherent to mobile devices. We will focus on the technological advantages of the presented approach in a performance comparison with other common approaches. Furthermore, we will introduce an animated time series visualization as well as an interface designed specifically for the presented method in order to emphasize the advantages of the approach. To further highlight the possible applications of the method we will present two real-world use cases.