AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program

GeoViz Toolkit


The GeoViz Toolkit supports systematic analysis of spatial, temporal, and attribute data sets. It allows analysts to discover previously hidden patterns in data, moving from spatial patterns to statistical patterns and back again by mixing and matching data visualization components to quickly construct custom analysis tools. Components are automatically coordinated across multiple views to enable insight into highly multivariate data, especially geographically organized data. Potential applications range from research in public health (e.g., infectious disease dynamics or cancer etiology, surveillance, and control), through analysis of socioeconomic and demographic data in support of both research and public policy, to exploration of patterns of incidents related to terrorism or crime.