V-Analytics (a.k.a. CommonGIS)

version for 2010 tutorials

This version of the system has been prepared for tutorials on Geospatial Visual Analytics by Natalia and Gennady Andrienko at MODAP Summer School (Rhodos, August 2010) and GIScience conference (Zürich, September 2010)

You need to download and install:

  1. Installation instructions: how_to_install-2010.pdf (144,937 bytes)
    revised: added instructions for MAC users
  2. Java run-time environment and Java3d, see details in the installation instructions
  3. Software package
    For obtaining the software, we kindly ask you to register your download with us. We shall use your data only for informing you about critical updates and new developments, no more than twice a year.
    The form is in German, so please provide your first name in "Vorname", family name in "Name", use "Ort" for your university/company, and "Land" for your country. Please feel free to write your comments and suggestions in "Kommentar".
    Click to register
  4. Example data sets data.zip (18,492,976 bytes)

Preliminary version of the tutorial slides: VAmovement.pdf (12,665,455 bytes)

You may want to watch instruction videos on how to put your own spatio-temporal and/or movement data into the system:

Slides of lectures that explain the basic principles of visual analytics and functionality of the system are available at our homepage, section "Lectures"

Recommended reading:

  1. Natalia and Gennady Andrienko. Exploratory Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Data. A Systematic Approach. Springer-Verlag, December 2005. Chapter 1: Introduction. Available at http://geoanalytics.net/eda/ as "sample chapter"
  2. Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Jason Dykes, Sara Irina Fabrikant, Monica Wachowicz. Geovisualization of Dynamics, Movement and Change: Key Issues and Developing Approaches in Visualization Research. Information Visualization, 2008, v.7 (3/4), pp. 173-180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ivs.2008.23
    Available as pre-print at http://geoanalytics.net/and/
  3. Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Stefan Wrobel Visual Analytics Tools for Analysis of Movement Data ACM SIGKDD Explorations, 2007, v.9 (2), pp.38-46. http://www.sigkdd.org/explorations/issues/9-2-2007-12/5_Adrienko_Geo.pdf
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Last updated: August 28, 2010