Tracking how correlated ideas flow within and across multiple social groups facilitates the
understanding of the transfer of information, opinions, and thoughts on social media. In this …

This paper introduces a force-directed layout method for creating origin-destination flow
maps. Design principles derived from manual cartography and automated graph drawing to …

Flow maps are widely used to provide an overview of geospatial transportation data.
Existing solutions lack the support for the interactive exploration of multiple flow components …

ABSTRACT A flow map is a type of thematic visualization that depicts the movement of
objects across a geographical space using a tree layout resembling a natural river system …

Individual movement traces recorded by users of activity tracking applications such as
Strava provide opportunities that extend beyond delivering personal value or insight to the …

Mapping spatial flow remains a challenge despite noticeable progress in recent years. This
article presents a new, automated layout algorithm for spatial flow from one origin to multiple …

Geographic datasets such as international telecommunications traffic, financial flows, trading
patterns, and national migration patterns describe the movement of entities between …

Networks can be represented as node-link diagram. In geo-referenced networks, the used
node-link diagram has nodes placed accordingly with geographical criteria. Different graph …

Visual clutter is a hot topic in the domain of node-link diagrams as it negatively affects
usability, aesthetics and data interpretation. The organization of items, ie the way nodes and …

Flow data visualization is an important yet challenging topic in cartography as well as in
scientific and information visualization. In recent years, significant progress has been …