Mapping an epidemic outbreak: Effective analysis and presentation
Kevin Boone, Edward Swing · 2011
The microblog challenge presented an opportunity to use commercial software for visual analysis. An epidemic outbreak occurred in the city of Vastopolis, requiring visualizations of symptoms and their spread over time. Using these tools, analysts could successfully identify the outbreak's origin and pattern of dispersion. The maps used to analyze the data and present the results provided clear, easily understood representations, and presented a logical explanation of a complex progression of events.