Effective Visualization Interfaces for Planning Support Systems

A Planning Support System (PSS) provides urban planners, policy makers, and citizens with the data, knowledge, and analytical tools needed for effective plan-making. As the development of PSSs gathers momentum, effective visualization interfaces are becoming increasingly important. Yet, a set of principles for putting together effective visualization interface has not been articulated in the literature. This dissertation attempts to derive these principles from studying the incremental evolution of an interface design, rather than a priori postulating and then verifying a set of principles. The interface evolved through various prototypical versions in response to changes in information to be visualized, as well as in response to changing ideas of how the interface is to be used, and to informal assessments from different users. Descriptions of the different versions recount the evolution of interface in response to various concerns, and the extent to which changes were successful or not. From these data, I extract some general principles about what makes visualization interfaces effective.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban and Regional Planning

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Budthimedhee, Kanjanee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Varkki George Pallathucheril

• Urban and Regional Planning

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3111528

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79532