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    • Urban Planning and Management
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    • Data Visualization

    Background:

    • Spatio-temporal data analysis is crucial for urban planning and management.
    • Existing methods often struggle with occluding spatial and temporal information.
    • Vehicle trajectories and traffic flow data require effective visualization techniques.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a novel visualization technique, route-zooming, for seamless spatio-temporal data embedding.
    • To enable occlusion-free visualization of both spatial and temporal data on maps.
    • To reveal spatial and temporal patterns without compromising spatial context.

    Main Methods:

    • Formulating route-zooming as a nonlinear least squares optimization problem.
    • Defining an energy function to minimize road network distortion while broadening routes.
    • Embedding spatio-temporal information into the broadened route for analysis.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated applicability through an interactive metro map and illustrative maps.
    • Validated usability with real traffic flow data case studies.
    • User study confirmed the effectiveness of the embedded visualization design.

    Conclusions:

    • Route-zooming offers an effective solution for visualizing complex spatio-temporal data.
    • The technique minimizes distortion, preserving spatial context while revealing temporal patterns.
    • This approach enhances urban planning and management through improved data insights.