“…Visualization, as an advanced process in human–computer interaction research, plays an important role in geocomputing and provides a new paradigm for the interactive exploration of complex geographic information (Chen, Lin, et al, 2013; Guo, Zhang, Hu, Yang, & Yue, 2015; Zhang, Chen, Ding, Li, & Lin, 2015). At present, many data sets are very complex, and the value of geographic data cannot be fully realized if the data content is difficult to describe and apply.…”