A Case of Visual and Interactive Data Analysis: Geospatial Redescription Mining

We present a method for visual and interactive geospatial redescription mining. The goal of geospatial redescription mining is to characterize geospatial areas using two different descriptions, such as their bioclimatic features and fauna. Indeed, one application of geospatial redescription mining is finding bioclimatic niches, i.e. explaining the distribution of species using their bioclimatic envelope. Allowing users to find the geospatial redescriptions in an interactive way, and to see the results in clear visualizations, is fundamental for the applicability of the method. We present several goals we think a good interactive and visual redescription mining method should fulfil, and we explain how our proposed method achieves (most of) them. Finally, we also discuss some open problems in interactive redescription mining.