Usability of Spatio-Temporal Uncertainty Visualisation Methods

The presented work helps users of spatio-temporal uncertainty visualisation methods to select suitable methods according to their data and requirements. For this purpose, an extensive web-based survey has been carried out to assess the usability of selected methods for users in different domains, such as GIS and spatial statistics. The results of the survey are used to incorporate a usability parameter in a categorisation design to characterise the uncertainty visualisation methods. This enables users to determine the uncertainty visualisation method(s) that are most suitable according to their domain of expertise. Finally, the categorisation design has been implemented and incorporated in a web-based tool as the Uncertainty Visualisation Selector. This web application can automatically recommend suitable uncertainty visualisation method(s) from user and data requirements.