Interaction Geography

A methodology and set of visualization tools for exploring, analyzing, or speculating about how people move and interact over space and time.

IGS animation showing the movement of six teachers in six different classrooms across different countries. Movement is shown as a purple path over a floor plan and upwards in a space-time view where the z-axis is time and the x/y dimensions correspond to the floor plan. Data from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study.

Ben Rydal Shapiro

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

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