Case Studies Index

4. The Case Studies

This report is made up of nine case studies. To assist the reader these are arranged into subject groups.

• The first of these is enumerated census information. It is noteworthy that none of these authros are using standard packages for their work. Three case studies are inclued:
  • Steven Wise and others review four different software packages which are all designed for the visualization of such data with variable statistical functionality. The packages are public domain or semi-public, but they find that they are of variable usability with differing support.
  • Jason Dykes and David Unwin present one of the programs reviewed by Wise and others.
  • Finally, Chris Brunsdon and others present some of their work on manipulating, analysing and visualizing multidimensional census data.
• The second group of two papers examine the instance of chronological and categorical data:
  • Brian Francis and John Pritchard present a new view of a traditional graphic device (although one which is little used).
  • Humphrey Southall and Ben White examine visualization of life-history trajectories.
• Virtual Reality is a fast developing area of computer science and a number of social scientists are exploring its use and implicaitons:
  • Paul Carey and others explain how the data sets required for Virtual environments can be developed quickly and efficiently using modern digital photogrammetric workstations.
  • Andy Smith and others explore developments of Virtual Cities both real and imagined.
• Finally, an major features of modern computing, indeed the modern world, is the development of the World Wide Web, which (as well as highly publicised uses) has a potential for serious applications:
  • Ralph Schroeder and Ray Lee examine the use of the Web (and Virtual Reality) in training the administers of questionnaires.
  • Steve Carver and co-workers review the use of the Web for conducting questionnaires.

Acknowledgement

All contributors to these case studies wish to express their appreciation to ESRC and AGOCG for funding. More especially, we wish to thank Anne Mumford who, on behalf of AGOCG, facilitated and oversaw the initiative, and Sue Cunningham, who mounted the collection on the Web and oversaw printing.

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