Geography Reference
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Insight
: No detonaons in SA
Narrave
: Probably due to the
geopolical situaon in SA
No detonaons in
South America (SA)
“The spaal
distribuon
of
all detonaons”
South America
Outside/inside
Spaal topology
Fig. 6 Insight IV is here dissected into the basic concept outside/inside, information originating
from a reference frame (South America), the compound concept distribution, and the labeled
concept no detonations in South America
U.S.A. cluster there was a U.S.S.R. cluster, and vice versa. Using knowledge about
concepts such as the Cold War and action and reaction, the analyst formed a
narrative that explained how this pattern was an indication of the arms race between
the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. that was taking place at that time.
Insight III This insight was the discovery that during one time period in the data
there is an empty interval at the beginning of each year. It is dissected in Fig.
5
.This
insight was gained at a later period in time in the animation, when detonations
occurred continuously, contrary to the case of Insights I and II, when detonations
occurred in clear temporal clusters. Insight III builds on the relations temporal
topology and distance. The analyst repeatedly identified an anomaly in the temporal
pattern in the shape of an unusually long interval where there were no detonations
occurring. These empty intervals all happened during January. Consequently, there
are two temporal intervals, one interval being seen as anomalous because it contains
no detonations, and one being defined through the calendar system (January), which
repeatedly coincides in time. Using knowledge about the custom of being on
vacation during Christmas and New Year
s Eve, the analyst formed a narrative
that explained it as a kind of vacation effect. When people were on vacation no
detonations were prepared at the end of December and therefore there is a break in
January.
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Insight IV This insight was gained at the end of the animation and it was the
discovery that there had not been any detonations in South America. It is dissected
in Fig.
6
. This insight builds solely on spatial topology and the spatial reference
system in use (in this case, a map). After watching the animation, the analyst
realized that the spatial distribution of the detonations was located entirely outside
the border of South America and formed a narrative explaining that this pattern was
probably due to the geopolitical situation of South America. The cognitive concept
used in this insight is the outside/inside relation and it is applied between all the
detonations and an area defined by the spatial reference system. Thus, knowledge
about that spatial reference system was of key importance when gaining the insight.
