@book{NienhausGoochDoellner2006,
  author    = {Nienhaus, Marc and Gooch, Bruce and D{\"o}llner, J{\"u}rgen Roland Friedrich},
  title     = {Visualizing movement dynamics in virtual urban environments},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-939469-52-0},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-33065},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2006},
  abstract  = {Dynamics in urban environments encompasses complex processes and phenomena such as related to movement (e.g.,traffic, people) and development (e.g., construction, settlement). This paper presents novel methods for creating human-centric illustrative maps for visualizing the movement dynamics in virtual 3D environments. The methods allow a viewer to gain rapid insight into traffic density and flow. The illustrative maps represent vehicle behavior as light threads. Light threads are a familiar visual metaphor caused by moving light sources producing streaks in a long-exposure photograph. A vehicle's front and rear lights produce light threads that convey its direction of motion as well as its velocity and acceleration. The accumulation of light threads allows a viewer to quickly perceive traffic flow and density. The light-thread technique is a key element to effective visualization systems for analytic reasoning, exploration, and monitoring of geospatial processes.},
  language  = {en}
}