(Géo)Visualisation de données urbaines

In the era of big data, one of the main challenges for city planners is to make intelligible and exploitable the mass of heterogeneous information captured within urban spaces. In response to these expectations, the data (geo)visualization in the form of charts, maps or interactive dashboards represents a relevant and dynamic approach. However, (geo)visualization, as a stage in the life cycle of urban data, is not limited to simple (carto)graphic representations using tools. It is at the center of important issues in the interpretation and communication of the data mobilized and must be considered as a research object. At the intersection of geomatics, planning and data science, the GEOVIZ-URBA research program aims to study community practices in terms of (geo)visualization and to make a prospective of (potential) uses through experimentation. By proposing a new reading of the interactions between spaces and societies through the prism of urban data and their representation, this research project participates in an innovative reflection around the place of technologies in planning practices. At the heart of the MSHB’s Digital Society Axe, this project aims to develop and structure a network of researchers and practitioners around sense-making of urban data.