Abstract
In a rectangular cartogram, each region of a map is represented by a rectangle whose area is proportional to some statistical data of interest. Current techniques for constructing rectangular cartograms partition a large rectangle (the map) into a set of smaller rectangles which correspond to land or sea regions. The position and size of sea rectangles determine the outline of land masses. Therefore, sea regions have a direct impact on the recognizability and, thus, on the visual quality of cartograms. In this paper, we describe the first algorithm for the automated creation of sea regions for rectangular cartograms and present results obtained with our method.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 30th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2014) - Dead Sea, Israel Duration: 3 Mar 2014 → 5 Mar 2014 Conference number: 30 https://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~eurocg14/ |
Workshop
| Workshop | 30th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2014) |
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| Abbreviated title | EuroCG 2014 |
| Country | Israel |
| City | Dead Sea |
| Period | 3/03/14 → 5/03/14 |
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Buchin, K., Cano, R. G., Rezende, de, P. J., Souza, de, C. C., & Speckmann, B. (2014). Sea regions for rectangular cartograms. 1-4. Abstract from 30th European Workshop on Computational Geometry (EuroCG 2014), Dead Sea, Israel.