. Typographic map for Chicago, IL built using our automatic visualization technique and geographical data from OpenStreetMap. Colors are used to signify different entity types based on a palette used by Axis Maps in commercially sold Typographic Maps. Abstract-We present a method for automatically building typographic maps that merge text and spatial data into a visual representation where text alone forms the graphical features. We further show how to use this approach to visualize spatial data such as traffic density, crime rate, or demographic data. The technique accepts a vector representation of a geographic map and spatializes the textual labels in the space onto polylines and polygons based on user-defined visual attributes and constraints. Our sample implementation runs as a Web service, spatializing shape files from the OpenStreetMap project into typographic maps for any region.
A more recent research presents a method for automatic construction of typographic maps by merging textual information with spatial data REF .
Spatial Text Visualization Using Automatic Typographic Maps
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Computer Science Medicine