(Might be subject to minor organisational changes.)
Day 0, Wednesday 20th April
from 19:00
Informal pre-workshop drinks and possibly tapas at Badalona Bar, Brüderstraße 2. You pay for yourself.
Day 1, Thursday 21st April
8:30
Venue opens; registration.
9:00
Opening of Day 1.
SESSION 1: SCHEMATIC MAPPING IN THE REAL WORLD
chair: Jan-Henrik Haunert
9:10
Redesigning the Web of the City: A Chronology of how the new Subway Map of Cologne Came to Life Benedikt Schmitz.Position paper. [pdf] [video]
9:50
From Reality Problems to Solutions Lara Orth, DIE INFORMATIONSDESIGNER. Position paper.
10:30
Break out session: How do we get research into the hands of practitioners?
10:50
Coffee break
11:20
Break out session (cont.)
11:40
OPEN MIC & POSTER TEASERS
12:40
LUNCHat the venue and opportunity to take a walk in the botanical garden.
SESSION 2: USABILITY TESTING & COGNITION
chair: Herman Haverkort
14:40
Transit Maps: How They Shape Our Minds Archana Prabhakara,b, Elise Grisona, Simon Lhuillierc and Simone Morgagnia.Direction de la Recherche, SNCF, La Plaine Saint-Denisa, Université de Parisb, Université Gustave Eiffelc Research paper. [pdf] [video]
15:00
Do you believe in transit schematic maps? Design influences in route choice Elise Grison and Simone Morgagni.Direction de la Recherche, SNCF, La Plaine Saint-Denis Research paper. [pdf]
15:20
Break out session: What research do we need next in Usability Testing & Cognition?
15:40
Coffee break
16:10
Break out session (cont.)
ACTIVITIES & POSTERS
16:30
Block 1: How useful are algorithms in practice?
17:00
Block 2: How to make software more usable?
17:30
End of Day 1
19:30
Workshop reception at Le Kork, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 3. (Included in the workshop registration.)
Day 2, Friday 22nd April
9:00
Opening of Day 2.
SESSION 3: THE METRO MAP METAPHOR
chair: Martin Nöllenburg
9:10
Metaphorical Metro Maps: Design Challenges Herman Haverkort.Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn. Position paper. [pdf]
9:50
Break out session: What makes a good schematic visualisation beyond transit maps?
10:10
Coffee break
10:40
Break out session (cont.)
SESSION 4a: ALGORITHMS
chair: Thomas van Dijk
11:00
MetroSAT: Logic-based Computation of Metro Maps Samantha Fuchs, Soeren Nickel and Martin Nöllenburg.Algorithm and Complexity Group, TU Wien, Vienna. Research paper. [pdf] [video]
11:20
Morphing of Schematized Polygons for Animated Travel-Time Maps Axel Forscha, Ruben Kemnab, Elmar Langetepeb and Jan-Henrik Haunerta.Institute of {Geodesy and Geoinformationa, Computer Scienceb}, University of Bonn. Poster paper. [pdf] [video]
11:40
Towards Automated Multilevel Schematic Maps Julian Haumer, Soeren Nickel, Martin Nöllenburg and Markus Wallinger.Algorithms and Complexity Group, TU Wien, Vienna. Research paper. [pdf]
12:00
Break out session: What can be automate next, or automate more usefully in practice?
12:40
LUNCHat the venue and opportunity to take a walk in the botanical garden.
SESSION 4b: SYSTEMS
chair: Maike Buchin
14:40
Automated Polygon Schematization for Thematic Maps Jakob Listabarth and Paulo Raposo.Department of Geo-Information Processing, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede. Poster paper. [pdf]
15:00
A Toolchain for Generating Transit Maps from Schedule Data Patrick Brosi.Department of Computer Science, University of Freiburg. Activity. [pdf] [slides] [video]
ACTIVITIES & POSTERS
15:30
Block 1: hands-on software session
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
Block 2: hands-on software session
17:00
End of workshop.
Contributed Map Designs
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Are Straight Lines Now A Taboo?
—
Jonathan Farrow.[pdf]
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Barcelona Frequent Network Map
—
Aurélien Boyer-Moraes.[pdf]
