Analysis and visualisation of movement: an interdisciplinary review

Area of Science:

• Movement ecology
• Information sciences
• Computational geometry
• Geographic information science
• Visualisation
• Visual analytics

Background:

• Movement ecology investigates factors influencing animal movement.
• Increasingly complex movement data necessitates advanced analytical methods.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial for developing these new methods.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present new movement analysis and visualisation methodologies.
• To showcase achievements of the European COST Action MOVE network.
• To contextualize these advancements within ecological research.

Main Methods:

• Formation of an international interdisciplinary research network (COST Action MOVE).
• Collaboration between movement data collectors (ecologists) and data analysis experts.
• Development of novel methods for movement data analysis and visualisation.

Main Results:

• Overview of new movement analysis and visualisation techniques developed within the MOVE network.
• Demonstration of interdisciplinary synergy between ecology and information sciences.
• Identification of ecological themes addressable by MOVE methodologies.

Conclusions:

• Interdisciplinary approaches significantly advance movement data analysis.
• The MOVE network fostered innovation in movement ecology tools.
• Future ecological research can leverage these advanced analytical and visualisation methods.