Abstract: Atlascine is a unique cybercartographic application dedicated to the mapping of stories. While there are a range of excellent web applications designed to tell stories with maps, Atlascine is the only one fully designed to study how we express our interaction with places through stories and to mobilize interactive maps to listen to these stories. Its development raises a range of ethical, technological, methodological and cartographic issues faced by any online mapping projects. Atlascine is a collaborative project between the Geomedia Lab at Concordia University (Montreal) and the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Center at Carleton University (Ottawa). It has been used to develop different cybercartographic atlases such as The Atlas of Rwandan Life Stories.

Abstract: Urban climate data remain complex to analyze regarding their spatial-temporal distribution accordingly to what we know about the urban morphology. While discussing with meteo researchers, the co-visualization of simulated air temperature into urban topographic models could be really a way to help them to analyze their own simulation models, and their relationships with urban morphology. This talk presents different graphic and visual representations we are exploring in 2D or 3D, to allow meteo researchers to visually analyze and interpret the relations between physical simulated data and urban morphology. At the end, how could those scientific geovisualizations provide relevant information to stakeholders for a risk-based decision making?

Abstract: This talk connects two major changes we are experiencing in the current era: Fast-paced technological developments and aging population. While the developments in technology lead to changing modes of learning in general, and visuospatial learning in particular; changing demographics suggest that the any technology (including geovisualization solutions) should be carefully designed to include older people. Example research outcomes from empirical studies highlight the importance of both and the associated nuance regarding individual and group differences among humans.

Abstract: People tend to trust maps. If they see something depicted on a map, they tend to assume it exists and that the map accurately describes the feature. As an approach, cybercartography deploys multimodal and multisensory formats. Several authors working in the geovisualization tradition have also suggested the use of multiple sensory modalities. But are multisensory maps likely to be trusted in the same way as are maps that draw on vision only? In this work I explore the implications of what science tells us about how much and when we trust our non-visual senses for cybercartographic and geovisualization practice.

Abstract: Spatial data are pervasive and expanding in scope and coverage all the time. We can now find spatial linkages in less-conventional sources like text, audio, and video. Sensor networks are emerging that leverage mobile phones as detection devices for a massive range of human and environmental factors. This spatial data deluge presents challenges to our ability to show everything in a meaningful manner. It also prompts us to engage with what might be missing, and to explore how we might make what is missing more evident to our users. In this talk I describe some of the challenges associated with crafting geovisualizations that would focus on elements of absence and missingness, highlighting examples from recent work to explore human activity and behavioral interventions intended to curb the global pandemic.