Shifted Maps Hall of Fame

Lucija Aleksić, Saman Miran

About

Shifted Maps is an innovative visualization technique that transforms personal movement data into a network of interconnected map extracts, revealing the visited places and their intricate connections. The geographic map dissolves and creates a flexible network layout, which reveals unique movement structures based on geographic positions, travel time, or travel frequency.

Our Extensions

1. A synthetic data generation tool, which can extract information from the original dataset and simulate artificial users' behaviour.
2. A setting to compare one's data with a friend's by merging both people's travel data. A ratio can be displayed on each place node, representing how much either user has visited that place.
3. An additional graph layout mode, which shows how often a user has taken each route relative to the average user.

Getting Started

For detailed documentation on how to install and use Shifted Maps, follow these steps:

1. Install dependencies via npm install.
2. Use npm start to start the application.
3. Visit the Shifted Maps application on localhost:3000. (via Google Chrome specifically)

If any step does not work, please check the README.md for hints.

Research Paper

If you're interested in learning more about the underlying research behind Shifted Maps, you can read the research paper:

• Shifted Maps Research Paper

Source Code

To access the extended Shifted Maps source code, please visit the following link:

• Shifted Maps GitHub Repository