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Nodes, Paths, and Edges:Using Mental Maps to Augment Crime Data Analysis in Urban Spaces

Mental Maps of the City

Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City, 1960

Legibility Enhancement for InfoVis

Urban Simplification

Mental Maps of the City

Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City, 1960

Paths

Nodes

Edges

Nodes, Paths, and Edges

UCR Crime Data 2015

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Lixels

Network Kernel Density Estimation (KDE)

Network KDE

Network KDE

Baltimore KDE

Lixel Size

Bandwidth

Mental Map Features

Feature Effects for KDE

Baltimore Nodes

Feature Effects for KDE

Baltimore Edges

Baltimore Comparison

Atlanta Comparison

Chicago Comparison

Conclusions

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Future Work

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Questions?