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Interactive Map Visualizations for Supporting Environmental Sustainable Development Goals

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Sense, Feel, Design (INTERACT 2021)

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Several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations have direct or indirect environmental concerns. These SDGs naturally require a greater involvement of ordinary people in achieving their targets. Data visualizations in general, and map visualizations in particular, can play an important role in assisting people to better understand environmental challenges the world is facing, and consequently change their behaviour towards a more sustainable future. In this paper we present a summary overview of the main factors that need to be considered when designing interactive map visualizations in support of these SDGs. We also provide a few examples of the use of interactive maps in web-based information systems, decision support systems, and computer games that focus on environmental issues.

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    For a more detailed description of these and other map types, including special-purpose maps, see for instance [25, 26].

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

    Thomas Rist

  2. School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

    Masood Masoodian

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Rist, T., Masoodian, M. (2022). Interactive Map Visualizations for Supporting Environmental Sustainable Development Goals. In: Ardito, C., et al. Sense, Feel, Design. INTERACT 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13198. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98388-8_4

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