Cartography – MSc Topics

Implementing and testing modifications to existing cartographic means with respect to their ability to tell stories.

Investigate the potential of notebooks for cartographic education.

This thesis investigates on animated continuous flow mapping tools and the visual estimation of flow values.

The aim of this master thesis is to investigate the measure of typicality.

The objectives of this research are 1) to investigate different methods for a consistent matching of radiometric information in historical grey-scale earth obse

The aim of this thesis is to propose techniques on how to most effectively visualize and design interactive tutorials for citizen scientists.

The result of the research should be a usable solution for the production of the Alpine Club map of Mt. Ushba in Georgia.

Explore the potential of formal declarative grammars such as VegaLite for the construction of automated cartographic visualisation pipelines

Developing and implementing algorithms for detecting subnetworks the local network dimension of which is homogeneous.

Make users aware of of changes in administrative units in time series

Examine the effect of features of automated concept mapping (node-link) visualization algorithms on users’ conceptual learning: reading and comprehension of con

Examine the effect of different concept mapping hand-crafted designs on users’ reading and comprehension of conceptual information.

To develop a design approach for creating modern standards-based geospatial APIs

Develop a re-engineering method for an existing web mapping stack that has been in production for 15 years, and which needs both a visual and an exploration fac

To build an AR or VR application that allows users to explore a generalized 3D origin-destination flow map by having grouped routes “exploded” (i.e., disaggrega

This work drafts a common ontology that is used for automated map production.

Humans tend to remember entities and relations along stories and narrations.

Developing and comparing different cartographic means to display places on a map.

To give a comprehensive historical overview of how conceptualizations of “digital cartography” (and its related and more specialized subfields) have evolved ove

The research objectives distinguish into two main categories: a technical and a theoretical part. Theory: What are problems in web map production and generaliz

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Objectives of the thesis are: 1. Compare approaches for 3D projection and scene rendering 2.

This thesis will explore the potential of using location-based services for cartography education in the field.

The goal of this work is to find suitable and efficient ways to facilitate user 3D map interaction through motion-based VR goggles and its controllers.

This thesis aims to incorporate visual effects to facilitate depth perception in Mixed Reality (MR).

This topic seeks to gain insight into possible effects of small displays on overview knowledge for planning and performing hiking tasks.

The thesis aims to (1) extend a customised Digital Elevation Model of Mt.

Approaches for historic map feature extraction from scans based on sample rendering in adapted styles and feature recognition using Deep Learning shall be impro

Knowledge networks are developed currently. They allow for common data spaces. Maps are interfaces to knowledge networks due to there structuring character.

The goal of the research is develop a visualisation portal for dynamic visualisation of the international relations of TU Vienna.

The goal of this thesis is to develop a prototype of a mobile application that utilizes attention guiding techniques and navigation patterns to help users in fi

Maps have been crucial for many developments of human societies and economies.

This thesis aims at discovering pedestrian movement patterns within specific indoor and outdoor environments, using machine learning methods.

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