Outreach and educational opportunities created by open-data resources

Myrbo, Amy; Loeffler, Shane; Shinneman, Alc; McEwan, Reed

doi:10.22498/pages.26.2.74

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“…Cloudbased resources for geovisualization allow quick views of spatiotemporal patterns contained within large data and also lower barriers to developing high-quality new visualizations by reducing the level of expertise required. The resulting open-source workflows can be readily adapted to support authentic place-based teaching and science communication (Myrbo et al 2018).…”

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Range Mapper: An Adaptable Process for Making and Using Interactive, Animated Web Maps of Late-Quaternary Open Paleoecological Data

George¹,

Roth²,

Widell³

et al. 2023

Open Quaternary

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Here, we describe our process of developing Range Mapper, a new set of online interactive and animated visualizations of plant taxon range shifts since the Last Glacial Maximum. These animated maps of taxa distributions since the last deglaciation, based upon spatiotemporal networks of fossil occurrences, offer adaptable visualizations of species range shifts in response to past climate and other environmental changes. They are designed to be useful both for experts for quick-look insights into past patterns and processes at broad scales and for educators and science communicators interested in sharing knowledge about how species adapt to changing climates. Prior generations of animations, such as Pollen Viewer, lacked open-source code and so were not easy to update, and the underlying software no longer complies with internet security standards. Range Mapper maps data from the Neotoma Paleoecology Database using CARTO VL, an open-source JavaScript library for creating dynamic and modifiable web maps that interoperates with CARTO's software-as-a-service platform. Specifically, we downloaded, processed, and temporally interpolated 2,635 georeferenced pollen records from Neotoma ranging from 21 thousand years ago (ka) to present. Then, we created maps for North America, Europe, and Oceania using Carto VL's web mapping features to build the spatiotemporal animated sequences, define visual design parameters, and add interaction controls. Range Mapper illustrates major shifts in taxa distribution over the last 21 k years on all three continents. All workflows are publicly available on GitHub and Zenodo, allowing interested users to extend this approach to other taxa, regions, and times.

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Range Mapper: An Adaptable Process for Making and Using Interactive, Animated Web Maps of Late-Quaternary Open Paleoecological Data

George¹,

Roth²,

Widell³

et al. 2023

Open Quaternary

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“…In this way, mobile maps augment the real world, providing context about geographic features while making visible otherwise hidden geophysical processes. Thus, the potential for mobile mapping for geoscience research, education, and outreach is substantial (Myrbo et al, 2018). There is a small but growing literature on the constraints that mobile platforms impose on map design (Chittaro, 2006;Huang et al, 2018;Meilinger et al, 2007;Meng et al, 2005;Reichenbacher, 2001Reichenbacher, , 2003Ricker 2019;Ricker & Roth, 2018;Stevens et al, 2013;Van Elzakker et al, 2008), including small screens, reduced processing and memory, reduced bandwidth and network connectivity, limited battery, and post-WIMP (windows, icons, menus, points) touchscreen interaction.…”

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Mobile UX design: learning from the Flyover Country mobile app

et al. 2021

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Technology has transformed maps into interactive tools for exploring and understanding the world. In this article, we present the user experience (UX) design process for Flyover Country (http://flyovercountry.io), a mobile mapping application that visualizes information about the Earth's geology and history, allowing users to save and then access the information offline while flying, driving, or hiking. Specifically, the paper presents a UX design study that tracks the conceptualization, implementation, and revision of Flyover Country, and employs scenario-based design to walk through a pair of use case scenarios that informed our UX design: science outreach to the general public and field trip guides for geoscience education. In the paper, we note UX design insights that are potentially transferable to other mobile mapping contexts, organizing insights by mobile representation design (scale, projection, symbolization, and typography) versus mobile interaction design (map entry point, bottom navigation, floating action button, and pull-up information panel).

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