The Monarch Room : An Interactive System for Visualization of Global Migration Data

Representation, presentation and interaction are subjects that require to be consciously contemplated while designing information visualization systems. This paper describes the ideation and design process of The Monarch Room , an information visualization system of global migration data. Our solution was designed to allow visitors of a museum to select, browse and interact with a visual interactive representation of migration flows in a unified view. Visitors can convey their learning purposes by seamlessly combining criteria such as time scales, location, and reasons behind migration, from either manual our automatic interactions. We believe our work contributes to the design of interfaces that enable a more in-depth understanding of global human migration patterns. In this paper, we describe our first design and research efforts.

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Ana Caraban

Teresa Paulino

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

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[0001]Madeira-ITI

Funchal, Portugal

[0002]Imperial College London

London, England

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.118

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

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[1] D. A. BasballeK. Halskov, ‘Projections on Museum Exhibits: Engaging Visitors in the Museum Setting’, in Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction - OZCHI ’10 2010, p. 80.

[2] G. HakvoortGido, ‘The immersive museum’, in Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on Interactive tabletops and surfaces - ITS ’13 2013, pp. 463–468.

[3] J. Rodrigues C. M. Q. Ramos P. J. S. Cardoso C. Henriques, and IGI Global Handbook of research on technological developments for cultural heritage and eTourism applications. .

[4] J. E. Slentz, ‘Yes, You May Touch the Art: New Media Interfaces and Rhetorical Experience in the Digitally Interactive Museum’, 2017.

[5] C. Sandifer, ‘Technological novelty and open-endedness: Two characteristics of interactive exhibits that contribute to the holding of visitor attention in a science museum’, Res. J. Sci. Teach., vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 121–137, Feb. 2003.

[6] H. Benko A. D. Wilson, and R. Balakrishnan, ‘Sphere: multi-touch interactions on a spherical display’, in Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology - UIST ’08 2008, p. 77.

[7] H. BenkoHrvoje, ‘Beyond Flat Surface Computing: Challenges of Depth-aware and Curved Interfaces’, in Proceedings of the seventeen ACM international conference on Multimedia - MM ’09 2009, p. 935.

[8] J. R. Williamson D. Sundén, and J. Bradley, ‘GlobalFestival: Evaluating Real World Interaction on a Spherical Display’, in Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing - UbiComp ’15 2015, pp. 1251–1261.

[9] J. R. WilliamsonD. Sundén, ‘Enter the Circle: Blending Spherical Displays and Playful Embedded Interaction in Public Spaces’, in Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Displays - PerDis ’15 2015, pp. 195–200.

[10] M. M. Biskjaer P. Dalsgaard, and K. Halskov, ‘Creativity methods in interaction design’, Proceedings of the 1st DESIRE Network Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design Desire Network, pp. 12–21 2010.

[11] R. Spence, ‘Information Visualization: an Introduction’, in Information Visualization, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014.

[12] D. Guo (2009). Flow mapping and multivariate visualization of large spatial interaction data IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 15(6).

[13] L. R. Nair S. D. Shetty, & S. D. Shetty (2016). Interactive visual analytics on Big Data: Tableau vs D3 js. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society 12(4).

[14] W.R. Tobler Spatial Interaction Patterns, Journal of Environmental Systems, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 271–301 1976.

[15] W.R. Tobler Experiments in Migration Mapping by Computer, American Cartographer, vol. 14, pp. 155–163 1987.

[16] V. Cesário M. Radeta S. Matos, & V. Nisi (2017 October). The Ocean Game: Assessing Children’s Engagement and Learning in a Museum Setting Using a Treasure-Hunt Game CHI Play pp. 99–109

[17] V. Cesário M. Radeta A. Coelho, & V. Nisi (2017 September). Shifting from the Children to the Teens’ Usability: Adapting a Gamified Experience of a Museum Tour Interact (pp. 464–468).

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