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From the to-do list: Programme changes
✔ Robin Lovelace [mailto:robin.lovelace@sheffield.ac.uk] can't do Interactive visualisation of the energy costs of commuting /p/81
(Completed by Rollo Home on August 15, 2013)
Comments
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
currently begging him not to give up.....
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
and begging seemed to work: If the costs of changing
the schedule are higher than the costs of having a poorly-prepared
presentation, then I agree.
I cannot guarantee it will be Earth-shattering though.
Great work at convincing me - I was on the verge of simply toning down the
abstract.
(On that note, would I be able to change the abstract?).
All the best, and keen to help the organisers of this event.
Robin
Barry Rowlingson on August 12, 2013:
Shall we delete this TODO since its now a TODONT?
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
Leave it until I've had his revised abstract - we will need to update the database, and maybe the programme if it get here in time.
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
Revised abstract (already added to database)
Interactive visualisation of the energy costs of commuting
The energy impacts of commuting are large and highly variable over space, time and technology; this presentation will describe interactive methods for communicating this.
Commuting is important due to its ubiquity and consumption of time, money and energy. In the current context of environmental change and concern over finite natural resources, the energy impacts should take centre stage. However, energy is largely intangible due to its invisibility and lack of concrete value, unlike time or money. Energy costs of commuting are rarely studied, much less visualised. This presentation will describe approaches for tackling this issue, in three main stages. First, the power of 'infographics' to convey commuter energy use compared with baths, showers and other household activities will be discussed. Second, the spatial variability will be illustrated, using maps at various scales. The time element will be included based on snapshots from the 1971 to 2011 Censuses. Finally I will look at the potential for interactive online visualisations of energy use in transport. Google Fusion Tables, OpenLayers togglable maps served by GeoServer and approaches for visualising future change based loosely on the Department of Energy and Climate Change's 2050 tool will be discussed in terms of strengths and weaknesses during an interactive display. It is concluded that all of these visualisation techniques have the potential to meet a largely unmet need: to effectively communicate the results of important geographic research to a wider audience.
Comments
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
If the costs of changing the schedule are higher than the costs of having a poorly-prepared presentation, then I agree.
I cannot guarantee it will be Earth-shattering though.
Great work at convincing me - I was on the verge of simply toning down the abstract.
(On that note, would I be able to change the abstract?).
All the best, and keen to help the organisers of this event.
Robin
Barry Rowlingson on August 12, 2013:
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
Rollo Home on August 12, 2013:
Interactive visualisation of the energy costs of commuting
The energy impacts of commuting are large and highly variable over space, time and technology; this presentation will describe interactive methods for communicating this.
Commuting is important due to its ubiquity and consumption of time, money and energy. In the current context of environmental change and concern over finite natural resources, the energy impacts should take centre stage. However, energy is largely intangible due to its invisibility and lack of concrete value, unlike time or money. Energy costs of commuting are rarely studied, much less visualised. This presentation will describe approaches for tackling this issue, in three main stages. First, the power of 'infographics' to convey commuter energy use compared with baths, showers and other household activities will be discussed. Second, the spatial variability will be illustrated, using maps at various scales. The time element will be included based on snapshots from the 1971 to 2011 Censuses. Finally I will look at the potential for interactive online visualisations of energy use in transport. Google Fusion Tables, OpenLayers togglable maps served by GeoServer and approaches for visualising future change based loosely on the Department of Energy and Climate Change's 2050 tool will be discussed in terms of strengths and weaknesses during an interactive display. It is concluded that all of these visualisation techniques have the potential to meet a largely unmet need: to effectively communicate the results of important geographic research to a wider audience.