City Pulse: Revealing City Identity Through Abstraction of Metro Lines

Xinyue Chen, Yixuan Zhang, Yutong Yang, Jing Chen, Rebecca Ruige Xu, Wai Ping Chan, Xiaoru Yuan

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Abstract

Metro systems are the pulsing veins of cities, traversing the city's texture and preserving the memory of urban life. Visualizing the metro, which is a visceral and accustomed part of the daily lived experience for residents, makes it reappear in residents' perspectives in a new form, becoming a more emblematic landscape of each city's unique identity and development. In this project, we introduce an abstraction method that encodes metro routes as lines, cities as squares, and the global map as an abstract representation. Along with the implementation of an interactive system, the project enables a comprehensive visual exploration of the global metro lines. Through this highly abstract and minimalist form, each city's structure, symbolic identity, and regional development are revealed. Moreover, the colorful global metro map efficiently portrays the diversity and evolution of metro lines worldwide. With this pictorial we narrate the design process and our reflections along the project.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2024 IEEE VIS Arts Program, VISAP 2024
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9798331517298
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event2024 IEEE VIS Arts Program, VISAP 2024 - St. Pete Beach, United States
Duration: Oct 13 2024Oct 18 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2024 IEEE VIS Arts Program, VISAP 2024

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE VIS Arts Program, VISAP 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySt. Pete Beach
Period10/13/2410/18/24

Keywords

  • Abstract Art
  • Diverse Cities
  • Global Metro Lines
  • Interactive Data Visualization
  • Urban Landscape

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Music
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts
  • Media Technology

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