ISPRS WG IV/5
Extended Reality and Visual Analytics
Our Mission
ISPRS WG IV/5 aims to advance the fields of visual analytics, geographic visualization, extended (virtual/augmented and mixed) reality with the highest scientific standards, and best practices. Our goal is to cover science, design and technology perspectives in relation to all scientific domains that are related to extended reality and visual analytics. Our mission includes the specific points below:
- Engaging in science, research, education and training, and capacity building, in line with the overall strategy of the ISPRS
- Transferring knowledge and expertise through conferences, workshops, publications and other appropriate online and offline channels
- Collaborating with other ISPRS commissions and working groups, and sister societies (e.g., the ICA, GeoforAll, IEEE’s Vis, ISMAR and VR, etc.)
- Development and evaluation of new extended reality tools for exploring phenomena considering dimensions of space, place and time, and promoting their use
- Exploring new visualization techniques and tools for visualizing:
- Heterogeneous geographical data coming from high-resolution sensors (e.g. images, 3D models, LiDAR, raw data, etc.)
- Building information modelling (BIM) within a traditional geographic information system (GIS)
- Big data sets produced through crowd-sourcing and social media and the further opening of government data repositories
- Investigating the effectiveness and usefulness of various geovisualizations, visual analytics software environments and extended reality applications, e.g., regarding visual complexity and decision-making processes
Working Group Officers | ||
Chair | ||
 | Arzu Çöltekin FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland School of Engineering Bahnhofstrasse 6 CH-5210 Windisch SWITZERLAND
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Co-Chair | ||
 | Victoria Rautenbach Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology University of Pretoria Geography 1-3.7 University of Pretoria Private bag X20 Hatfield 0028 SOUTH AFRICA
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Secretary | ||
 | Azile Mdleleni Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology University of Pretoria Geography 1-3.7 University of Pretoria Private bag X20 Hatfield 0028 SOUTH AFRICA
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Supporters | ||
Advisor | ||
 | Hongping Zhang National Geomatics Center of China No.28 Lianhuachi West Road Haidian District Beijing 100830 CHINA
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Terms of Reference
- Engaging in science, research, education and training, and capacity building, in line with the overall strategy of the ISPRS
- Transferring knowledge and expertise through conferences, workshops, publications and other appropriate online and offline channels
- Collaborating with other ISPRS commissions and working groups, and sister societies (e.g., the ICA, GeoforAll, IEEE’s Vis, ISMAR and VR, etc.)
- Enhanced communication of geographic information and knowledge focused on visual analytics for (small and) big data exploration, and visualization of multi-dimensional data.
- Investigating the effectiveness and usefulness of various geovisualizations, visual analytics software environments and extended reality applications, e.g., regarding visual complexity and decision-making processes
- Development and evaluation of new extended reality tools for exploring phenomena considering dimensions of space, place and time, and promoting their use
- Exploring new and novel visualization techniques and tools for visualizing:
- Heterogeneous geographical data coming from high-resolution sensors (e.g. images, 3D models, LiDAR, raw data, etc.)
- Building information modelling (BIM) within a traditional geographic information system (GIS)
- Big data sets produced through crowd-sourcing and social media and the further opening of government data repositories
- Supporting geographical visualisation including the web and mobile devices
WG IV/5
