Program
April 1 2014
20:00 Informal Gathering - Rose and Crown Hotel, Wivenhoe Waterfront
Day 1 - April 2 2014
08:30 Registration - Tea, Coffee and Biscuits
09:00 Welcome from Max Roberts
09:15 Session 1 - Theories and frameworks for effective schematic map design
Chaired by Peter Rodgers
Theme: Amongst practitioners and the general public, opinions vary concerning the most appropriate design rules for schematic maps, and the extent to which topography versus visual simplicity should be prioritised. The aim of this session is to highlight the conflicting beliefs, and attempt to identify whether there can be agreement in the future.
09:15 Position Paper: What’s your theory of effective design? Maxwell Roberts, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK
09:55 Position Paper: Causes and consequences of scale change in schematic maps: are users aware and do they care? David Forrest, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.
10:35 Coffee Break
11:00 Session 1 Continues
11:00 Discussion: Can we agree on criteria for effective design?
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Session 2 - Experimental studies of schematic map effectiveness
Chaired by Herman Haverkort
Theme: Although in its infancy, a range of approaches have been used to investigate schematic map effectiveness, including journey planning times and choices, gaze tracking, and analyses of perceptual qualities. The aim of this session will be to collate and contrast the usefulness of the various approaches and findings, and identify future directions.
13:30 Position Paper: Schematic maps in the laboratory. Maxwell Roberts, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK
14:10 Regular Paper: How do people read metro maps? An eye tracking study. Michael Burch, VISUS, University of Stuttgart, et al. (Slides)
14:30 Discussion: Where next for empirical research?
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Session 3 - New and fresh approaches
Chaired by Max Roberts
15:30 Position Paper: Computational and cartographic challenges of schematic maps: 12 years on. Silvania Avelar, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
15:55 Regular Paper: Schematic maps for indoor environments. a case study. Luciene Delazari, Geodetic Science Program, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
16:20 Regular Paper: Beyond Beck: Design Of Schematic Maps From (Representational Epistemic) First Principles. Peter Cheng, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, UK
16:45 Regular Paper: City Node Maps. Steve Cousins, Andrew Sutton and David Sherriff, Quickmap, UK
17:10 Discussion
17:30 Session 3 Ends
18:00 to 20:30 Evening Event - Dinner, posters and exhibition
Posters:
Metro map input and layout automation. Dan Chivers, University of Kent, UK
Concentric metro maps. Martin Fink, Magnus Lechner and Alexander Wolff, Universität Wurzburg, Germany
Embedding cues about travel time in schematic maps. Herman Haverkort, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
A purely force-directed approach to drawing metro maps with curves. Herman Haverkort and Mathijs Miermans, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
An automated method for circular-arc metro maps. Thomas C. van Dijk, Arthur van Goethem, Jan-Henrik Haunert, Wouter Meulemans and Bettina Speckmann
Labeling curves with curved labels. Jan-Henrik Haunert, Herman Haverkort, Benjamin Niedermann , Arlind Nocaj, Aidan Slingsby and Jo Wood
Designs:
Maps by attoma. Giuseppe Attoma Pepe, Laure Dubuc and Aurélien Boyer-Moraes
Vancouver gives up its secrets. Robin Woods
Day 2 - April 3 2014
09:00 Session 4 - Automated schematic map generation
Chaired by Silvania Avelar
Theme: Computer-automated schematic map design has progressed considerably in recent years, with a considerable variety of techniques used to generate layouts with a variety of design rules. The aim of this session will be to set out the current state of the art and possible future directions, along with an attempt to identify the potential role of automation software in the design process.
09:00 Position Paper: A survey on automated metro map layout methods. Martin Nöllenburg, Institute of Theoretical Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
09:40 Position Paper: Future research directions in automated metro map layout. Peter Rodgers, School of Computing, University of Kent, UK
10:20 Coffee Break
10:45 Session 4 Continues
10:45 Discussion: What do we want from automated software? What can we have?
12:00 Open Mic Session
Chaired by Max Roberts
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session 5 - Schematic mapping in the real world
Chaired by Max Roberts
Theme: Many examples of poor information design can be found throughout the world, sometimes the fault of the designer, other times the result of history, politics, and a lack of awareness of cognitive and design issues. The difficulties in achieving design excellence will be explored will be explored in this session, along with ideas for communicating the importance of effective design to public transportation organisations.
14:00 Position Paper: Whose map is it anyway? Business and political factors impacting subway map design. Peter Lloyd, London, UK
14:40 Position Paper: Practical schematic mapping: Transit systems Aurélien Boyer-Moraes and Laure Dubuc, Attoma Design Agency, Paris, France
15:20 Discussion: Getting the message across
16:15 Coffee Break
16:45 Session 6 - The future: funding opportunities and collaborations
Chaired by Peter Rodgers
Theme: The workshop will end with an open discussion of the development of future research networks, sources of funding for future research, and the potential for collaborations between researchers and public transportation organisations.
17:30 Workshop Concludes
18:30 Informal Gathering - Rose & Crown Hotel, Wivenhoe Waterfront
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