Using Animation to Visualize Spatio-Temporal Varying COVID-19 Data

Abstract

CoronaViz (http://coronaviz.umiacs.io) is a research prototype developed by us to enable the dynamic map visualization of COVID-19 related variables including the number of confirmed cases, active cases, recoveries, and deaths all on a daily basis from the Johns Hopkins University web site at ter.ps/coronajhu, by allowing the underlying spatial region and the spanned time interval to vary. Any combination of the variables can be viewed. subject to a possibility of clutter which is avoided by the use of concentric circles (termed geo-circles) whose radius values correspond to the variable values. The variable values are provided both on cumulative and day-by-day bases. The visualization enables spatial and temporal variation.