Visualizing the Data City

Paolo Ciuccarelli is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Chair of the Communication programs. His research activity focuses on the development of data, information and knowledge visualization tools and methods. He is also the founder and director of Density Design Research Lab.Giorgia Lupi is an information designer and researcher at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her work in information visualization frequently crosses the divide between digital and print, exploring visual models and metaphors to represent dense and rich data-driven stories. She is co-founder and design director at Accurat, an information design company based in Milan and New York.Luca Simeone is a PhD candidate at Malmö University, Sweden. He is the founder of Vianet, an interaction design agency focused on delivering advanced technology and design solutions based on ethnographic research methods.

• Introduction.- We Live in Informational Landscapes.- Depicting the Data City.- Methodological Framework.- Working in the Field.- Reflections on Potentialities and Shortcomings of Geo-Located Social Media Analysis.- List of Case Studies Used for Building the Matrix.- Excerpts from Conversations with Accurat, Lust and Mobivery.

From the book reviews: "The authors present how social media interactions, like Twitter comments, Pickles reviews, and Foursquare check-ins, can help researchers and urban planners to analyze the urban space. ... There are numerous potentially captivating figures and tables illustrating the presented concepts and case studies. ... This book serves as a handy overview of this interesting emerging field." (D. Spinellis, Computing Reviews, July, 2014)