Intelligent cartographic visualization for supporting data exploration in the IRIS system

Systems of intelligent data visualization (IDV) that are currently available are able to construct high-quality graphical presentations that adequately take into account the data characteristics. However, these systems do not take account of the objectives of the presentation. Explorative and communicative goals should be distinguished, since the principles of graphics construction are different for these groups of tasks. In systems designed for visualization of territorially related data, peculiarities and restrictions of the cartographic presentation must be taken into account. The IRIS system is designed to support spatial data exploration by means of intelligent cartographic visualization. It provides an opportunity to interactively manipulate graphical presentations and data. The system is implemented under MS Windows and for use on the Internet.