Professor Joseph Wood • City St George's, University of London

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Jo is Professor of Visual Analytics at the giCentre, where he designs, builds and applies data visualization software to analyse patterns in complex datasets. He has particular interests in narrative of visual analytic design, computational thinking in pedagogy and novel visualization design for geographic data.

His background is in Geographic Information Science and terrain analysis, and has, since 1990 been developing new methods and software that bridge the GI Science and Data Visualization and education domains.

His has been a member of the organising and programme committees of a number of international conference series in GI Science and visualization including IEEE Infovis and VAST, Eurovis, GIScience, Spatial Accuracy and Geomorphometry. He has given keynote talks at a number of venues ranging from GeoComputation to TEDx.

Qualifications

PhD Geographical Information Science, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, 1996
MSc Geographical Information Science, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, 1990
Bsc Physical Geography & Geology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1989

Employment

Head of Department, City, University of London, United Kingdom, July 2014 - June 2017
Professor of Visual Analytics, City, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2011 - present
Reader in Geographic Information, City, University of London, United Kingdom, February 2009 - July 2011
Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information, City, University of London, United Kingdom, February 2000 - January 2009
Lecturer in Geographic Information Science, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, October 1992 - January 2000
Research Scholar, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, October 1990 - September 1992

Memberships of professional organisations

Member, IEEE, 2007 - present
Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), 2007 - present
Member, Association of Geographic Information (AGI), 1997 - present

Research students

Julia Crossley

Attendance: October 2022 - present

Thesis title: Student conceptualisation of abstraction in computer science

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Jude Nzemeke

Attendance: October 2022 - present

Thesis title: Understanding student misconception in recursive algorithmic thinking

Role: 2nd Supervisor

Mirela Reljan-Delaney

Attendance: October 2018 - September 2023, full-time

Thesis title: Exploration of New Approaches to Expressing Cycling Experience

Role: 1st Supervisor

Johannes Liem

Attendance: October 2016 - February 2020

Thesis title: Flowstory: the efficacy of storytelling techniques applied to the visualisation of flow and movement data.

Role: 1st Supervisor

David Mountain

Thesis title: Exploring Mobile Trajectories

Further information: Awarded PhD in 2005

Cristina Arciniegas

Thesis title: Scientific Collaboration in Geographical Information Science: A Study of Co-authorships

Further information: Awarded PhD in 2007

Vlasios Voudouris

Thesis title: Geospatial modelling and collaborative reasoning of indeterminate phenomena: The object-field model with uncertainty and semantics

Further information: Awarded PhD in 2008

Ian Greatbatch

Thesis title: An ethnophysiographic approach to investigating the prominence of mountain features

Further information: Awarded PhD in 2009

Nazanin Khalili-Shavarini

Thesis title: Analysis of spatio-social relations in a photographic archive

Further information: Awarded PhD in 2012

Iain Dillingham

Thesis title: Spatial Uncertainty in Crowd Sourced Crisis Information

Donia Badawood

Thesis title: Narrative Construction in Data Visualization

Roger Beecham

Thesis title: Visualizing and Modelling Behaviour in the London Cycle Hire Scheme

Alexander Kachkaev

Thesis title: Use of Photographic Archives for Constructing Pedestrian Routing in Urban Environments

Publications

Featured publications

Dykes, J., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Chen, M.... Xu, K. (2022). Correction to: ‘Visualization for epidemiological modelling: challenges, solutions, reflections and recommendations’ (2022) by Dykes et al.. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380(2235). doi:10.1098/rsta.2022.0296
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Hall, K.W., Bradley, A.J., Hinrichs, U., Huron, S., Wood, J., Collins, C.... Carpendale, S. (2020). Design by Immersion: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Problem-Driven Visualizations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26(1), pp. 109-118. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2019.2934790
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Wood, J., Kachkaev, A. and Dykes, J. (2019). Design Exposition with Literate Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 25(1), pp. 759-768. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2018.2864836
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Beecham, R., Dykes, J., Meulemans, W., Slingsby, A., Turkay, C. and Wood, J. (2017). Map LineUps: Effects of spatial structure on graphical inference. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(1), pp. 391-400. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2016.2598862
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Wood, J., Beecham, R. and Dykes, J. (2014). Moving beyond sequential design: Reflections on a rich multi-channel approach to data visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), pp. 2171-2180. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346323
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Beecham, R. and Wood, J.D. (2014). Exploring gendered cycling behaviours within a large-scale behavioural dataset. Transportation Planning and Technology
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Wood, J.D., Isenberg, P., Isenberg, T., Dykes, J., Boukhelifa, N. and Slingsby, A. (2012). Sketchy Rendering for Information Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 18(12), pp. 2749-2758
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Publications by category

Book

Wood, J. (2002). Java programming for spatial sciences. CRC. ISBN 9780415260985.

Chapters (19)

Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2011). The geographic beauty of a photographic archive. In Dodge, M., Kitchin, R. and Perkins, C. (Eds.), The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation (pp. 288). Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 9780470742839.
Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2009). The geographic beauty of a photographic archive. In Segaran, T. and Hammerbacher, J. (Eds.), Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions (pp. 85-103). Cambridge: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596157111.
Wood, J. (2009). Overview of Software Packages Used in Geomorphometry. In Hengl, T. and Reuter, H.I. (Eds.), (pp. 257-267). ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO.
Wood, J. (2009). Geomorphometry in LandSerf. In Hengl, T. and Reuter, H.I. (Eds.), (pp. 333-349). ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO.
Wood, J. (2009). Terrain parameterization in LandSerf. In Hengl, T. and Reuter, H.I. (Eds.), Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software and Applications (pp. 333-349). London: Elsevier Science. ISBN 9780123743459.
Wood, J. (2008). Software applications in geomorphometry. In Hengl, T. and Reuter, H. (Eds.), Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software and Applications (pp. 257-267). London: Elsevier.
Voudouris, V., Fisher, P. and Wood, J. (2006). Capturing conceptualization uncertainty interactively using object-fields. In Kainz, W., Reid, A. and Elmes, G. (Eds.), 12th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (pp. 755-770). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Wood, J., Kirschenbauer, S., Lopes, A., Doellner, J. and Bodem, L. (2005). Using 3D in visualisation. In Dykes, J., MacEachren, A. and Kraak, M.-.J. (Eds.), Exploring Geovisualization (pp. 295-312). London: Elsevier.
Wood, J. (2005). Multim im parvo - many things in a small place. In Dykes, J., MacEachren, A. and Kraak, M.-.J. (Eds.), Exploring Geovisualization (pp. 313-324). London: Elsevier.
Dykes, J., Fabrikant, S. and Wood, J. (2005). Preface. Exploring Geovisualization (pp. ix-xii). Elsevier. ISBN 9780080445311.
Wood, J., Kirschenbauer, S., Döllner, J., Lopes, A. and Bodum, L. (2005). Using 3D in Visualization. Exploring Geovisualization (pp. 293-312). Elsevier. ISBN 9780080445311.
Fisher, P., Wood, J. and Cheng, T. (2004). Fuzziness and ambiguity in multi-scale analysis of landscape morphometry. In Cobb, M., Petry, F. and Robinson, V. (Eds.), Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic Problems (pp. 209-232). Berlin: Springer.
Wood, J. and Schneider, B. (2004). Construction of metric surface networks from raster-based DEMs. In Rana, S. (Ed.), Topological Data Structures for Surfaces (pp. 53-70). Chichester: Wiley.
Wood, J. (2001). Visualising the structure and scale dependency of landscapes. In Fisher, P. and Unwin, D. (Eds.), Virtual Reality in Geography (pp. 163-174). London: Taylor and Francis.
Brown, I., Kidner, D., Lovett, A., Mackaness, W., Miller, D., Purvis, R.... Wood, J. (2001). Virtual Landscapes. In Unwin, D.J. and Fisher, P. (Eds.), Virtual Reality in Geography (pp. 95-101). London: Taylor and Francis.
Bastin, L., Wood, J. and Fisher, P. (1999). Visualization of fuzzy spatial information in spatial decision making. In Lowell, K. and Jaton, A. (Eds.), Spatial Accuracy Assessment: Land Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources (pp. 151-156). Ann Arbour Press.
Wood, J. (1998). Activating scale-based uncertainty in digital elevation models. In Goodchild, M.F. and Jeansoulin, R. (Eds.), Data Quality in Geographic Information: From Error to Uncertainty (pp. 81-86). Hermes. ISBN 9782866016579.
Wood, J. (1996). Scale-based characterisation of digital elevation models. In Parker, D. (Ed.), Innovations in GIS 3 (pp. 163-175). London: Taylor and Francis.
Wood, J. (1994). Visualizing contour interpolation accuracy in digital elevation models. In Hearnshaw, H. and Unwin, D. (Eds.), Visualization in Geographic Information Systems (pp. 158-167). Chichester: Wiley.

Conference papers and proceedings (90)

Hosseini, A., Wood, J., Slingsby, A., Jianu, R. and Elshehaly, M. (2025). What Do LLMs Prioritise When Adapting Visualizations to User Personas? 2025 IEEE 16th Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare (VAHC) 2 November.doi:10.1109/vahc69430.2025.00007
Hutchinson, M., Jianu, R., Slingsby, A., Wood, J. and Madhyastha, P. (2025). Capturing Visualization Design Rationale. 2025 IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS) 1-7 November.doi:10.1109/vis60296.2025.00052
Hutchinson, M., Jianu, R., Slingsby, A., Wood, J. and Madhyastha, P. (2025). Chart Question Answering from Real-World Analytical Narratives. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 4: Student Research Workshop) July.doi:10.18653/v1/2025.acl-srw.50
Elshehaly, M., Reljan-Delany, M., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Wood, J. and Spiegel, S. (2024). Visualising Lived Experience: Learning from a Master Narrative Framing. 2024 IEEE Evaluation and Beyond - Methodological Approaches for Visualization (BELIV) 14 October.doi:10.1109/beliv64461.2024.00006
Reljan-Delaney, M., Wood, J. and Taylor, A. (2024). Use of Notebooks and Role of Map features in Mapping Minority Women Bicycle Riding. Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2024 12-13 September, London, United Kingdom.doi:10.2312/cgvc.20241230
Reljan-Delaney, M., Wood, J. and Taylor, A. (2024). Map Augmentation and Sketching for Cycling Experience Elicitation. Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) 2024 12-13 September, London, United Kingdom.doi:10.2312/cgvc.20241215
Chiang, C.-.Y., Zhong, R., Ding, J., Wood, J., Bee, S. and Jaber, M. (2024). AllTheDocks Road Safety Dataset: A Cyclist's Perspective and Experience. 2024 IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring) 24-27 June.doi:10.1109/vtc2024-spring62846.2024.10683570
van Beusekom, N., Meulemans, W., Speckmann, B. and Wood, J. (2023). Data-Spatial Layouts for Grid Maps. The 12 International Conference on Geographic Information Science 12 September, Leeds, UK.doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.10
Reljan-Delaney, M., Wood, J. and Taylor, A. (2023). Care or Self-Care - Minority Women in Cycling. STS Conference Graz 8-10 May, Graz, Austria.
Bunks, C., Weyde, T., Slingsby, A. and Wood, J. (2022). Visualization of Tonal Harmony for Jazz Lead Sheets. EuroVis 2022 13-17 June, Rome, Italy.doi:10.2312/evs20221102
Wood, J. (2017). Visual Analytic Design for Detecting Airborne Pollution Sources VAST Challenge 2017 Award: Comprehensive Mini-Challenge 2 Answer. 2017 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 3-6 October.doi:10.1109/vast.2017.8585588
Wood, J. (2017). Visual Analytic Design for Detecting Airborne Pollution Sources. IEEE VIS, VAST Workshop 1-6 October, Phoenix, USA.
Wood, J. (2016). Visual Analytic Design for Contextualising Sensor Data. VIS 2016 23-28 October, Baltimore, USA.
Wood, J. (2014). Visual analytics of GPS tracks: From location to place to behaviour. 2014 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 25-31 October.doi:10.1109/vast.2014.7042569
Wood, J. and Badawood, D. (2014). The Effect of Information Visualization Delivery on Narrative Construction and Development. Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) 9-13 June, Swansea, UK.
Beecham, R., Dykes, J., Turkay, C., Slingsby, A. and Wood, J. (2014). Map Line Ups: Using Graphical Inference to Study Spatial Structure. DECISIVe: Dealing with Cognitive Biases in Visualizations, a workshop at IEEE VIS 2014 9-11 January, Paris, France.
Kachkaev, A. and Wood, J. (2014). Automated planning of leisure walks based on crowd-sourced photographic content. 46th Annual Universities’ Transport Study Group Conference 6-1 January, Newcastle, UK.
Beecham, R. and Wood, J. (2014). Towards confirmatory data analysis? Deriving and analysing routing information for an origin-destination bike share dataset. The 46th Annual Universities’ Transport Study Group (UTSG) Conference 6-1 January, Newcastle, UK.
Kachkaev, and Wood, J. (2013). Exploring Subjective Survey Classification of a Photographic Archive using Visual Analytics. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (IEEE VIS 2013) 13-18 October, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kölzsch, A., Slingsby, A., Wood, J., Nolet, B.A. and Dykes, J. (2013). Visualisation design for representing bird migration tracks in time and space. Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis) July-, Leipzig, Germany.
Dillinghan, I., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2013). Types, Granularities and Combinations of Geographic Objects in the Haiti Crisis Map. GIS Research UK 21st Annual Conference (GISRUK 2013) 3-5 April, The University of Liverpool.
Kelly, M., Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2013). Historical Internal Migration in Ireland. GIS Research UK (GISRUK) April, Liverpool, UK.
Dillingham, I., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2013). Visualizing the Geographies of the Haiti Crisis Map. GeoViz Hamburg: Interactive Maps that Help People Think 6-8 March, HafenCity University Hamburg.
Kachkaev, A. and Wood, J. (2013). Investigating Spatial Patterns in User-Generated Photographic Datasets by Means of Interactive Visual Analytics. GeoViz Hamburg: Interactive Maps that Help People Think 6-8 March, HafenCity University, Hamburg, Germany.
Kachkaev, and Wood, J. (2013). Crowd-sourced Photographic Content for Urban Recreational Route Planning. University Transport Study Group UK Annual Conference 2-4 January, Oxford, UK.
Beecham, R., Wood, J.D. and Bowerman, A. (2012). Identifying and Explaining Inter-Peak Cycling Behaviours within The London Cycle Hire Scheme Conference. Progress in Movement Analysis: Experiences with Real Data 15-16 November, Zurich, Switzerland.
Beecham, R., Wood, J.D. and Bowerman, A. (2012). A visual analytics approach to understanding cycling behaviour. IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 14-19 October, Washington DC.
Kachkaev, A. and Wood, J. (2012). Using Visual Analytics to Detect Problems in Datasets Collected From Photo-Sharing Services. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis) 14-19 October, Seattle, Washington, US.
Badawood, D. and Wood, J. (2012). The effect of information visualization delivery on narrative construction and development. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis) 14-19 October, Seattle, Washington, US.
Slingsby, A., Beecham, R. and Wood, J. (2012). Visual analysis of social networks in space and time. Nokia Data Challenge Workshop, Pervasive 2012 20-22 June, Newcastle, UK.
Dillingham, I., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2012). Characterising Locality Descriptions in Crowdsourced Crisis Information. GIS Research UK 20th Annual Conference (GISRUK 2012) 11-13 April, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Dykes, J.A., Dillingham, I. and Wood, J. (2011). Visual Analytical Approaches to Evaluating Uncertainty and Bias in Crowdsourced Crisis Information. VisWeek 2011 23-28 October, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Dillingham, I., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2011). Visual analytical approaches to evaluating uncertainty and bias in crowd sourced crisis information. 2011 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) 23-28 October.doi:10.1109/vast.2011.6102470
Slingsby, A., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2011). Sharing Graphics and Insights with Microblogs. Analytic Provenance workshop at CHI 2011 May, Vancouver, Canada.
Wood, J. and Badawood, D. (2011). Effects of candidate position on ballot papers: Exploratory visualization of voter choice in the London local council elections 2010. GIS Research UK 19th Annual Conference 27-29 April, University of Portsmouth.
Wood, J. (2011). Examining cyclists’ behaviour via the London cycle hire scheme. Policies and practice for promoting pedalling 12-13 April, London South Bank University.
Wood, J., Slingsby, A. and Dykes, J. (2011). Visualizing bicycle hire model distributions. GeoViz 2011 Linking Geovisualization with Spatial Analysis and Modeling 10-11 March, Hamburg.
Slingsby, A., Strachan, J., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Vidale, P.-.L. (2011). Designing Interactive Graphics for Validating and Interpreting Storm Track Model Outputs. GeoViz workshop March, Hamburg, Germany.
Slingsby, A., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2011). Visualizing Bicycle Hire Model Distributions. GeoViz workshop March, Hamburg, Germany.
Wood, J.D. (2011). New techniques for the visualization of traffic flows: A London cycle hire case study. 5-7 January.
Fekete, J.-.D., Hemery, P.-.L., Baudel, T., Wood, J., Miksch, S. and Ward, M. Obvious: a meta-toolkit to encapsulate information visualization toolkits. One toolkit to bind them all. IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology.
Fekete, J.-.D., Hemery, P.-.L., Baudel, T. and Wood, J. Obvious: A meta-toolkit to encapsulate information visualization toolkits - One toolkit to bind them all. .
Wood, J., Slingsby, A. and Dykes, J. (2010). Designing visual analytics systems for disease spread and evolution. 2010 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST 2010) 25-26 October.doi:10.1109/vast.2010.5652689
Radburn, R., Beecham, R., Dykes, J., Wood, J.D. and Slingsby, A. (2010). Discovery exhibition: using spatial treemaps in local authority decision making and reporting. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), Discovery Exhibition 24 October 2010-29 October 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Slingsby, A., Wood, J., Dykes, J., Clouston, D. and Foote, M. (2010). Visual analysis of sensitivity in CAT models: interactive visualisation for CAT model sensitivity analysis. Accuracy 2010 Symposium 20-23 July, Leicester.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Foote, M. (2010). Risk management collaboration through sharing interactive graphics. Geophysical Research Abstracts 2-7 May, Vienna.
Wood, J., Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Haklay, M., Morley, J. and Rahemtulla, H. (2010). Layout and colour transformations for visualizing OAC data. GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference 14-16 April, University College London.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J.D. and Radburn, R. (2010). OAC Explorer: Interactive exploration and comparison of multivariate socioeconomic population characteristics. GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference 14-16 April, University College London.
Wood, J., Radburn, R. and Dykes, J. (2010). vizLib: Using The Seven Stages of Visualization to Explore Population Trends and Processes in Local Authority Research. GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference 14-16 April, University College London.
Khalili-Shavarini, N., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2010). Disambiguating home location information in a large volunteered geographic information database. GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference 14-16 April, University College London.
Clarke, J., Dykes, J.A., Hemsley-Flint, F., Medyckyj-Scott, D., Sietinsone, L., Slingsby, A.... Rahemtulla, H. (2010). vizLegends : Re-Imagining Map Legends with Visualization. GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference (GISRUK 2010) 14-16 April, University College London (UCL).
Slingsby, A., Strachan, J., Vidale, P.-.L., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. Making Hurricane Tracks Accessible. Discovery Exhibition, VisWeek 2010.
Slingsby, A., Radburn, R., Beecham, R., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. Using Spatial Tree Maps in Local Authority Decision Making and Reporting. Discovery Exhibition, VisWeek 2010.
Wood, J., Slingsby, A., Khalili-Shavarini, N., Dykes, J. and Mountain, D. (2009). Visualization of uncertainty and analysis of geographical data. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology 12-13 October.doi:10.1109/vast.2009.5333965
Brown, D., Mountain, D., Wood, J. and Fairbairn, D. (2009). Automated and subjective terrain feature extraction: a comparative analysis. GIS Research UK, 17th Annual Conference 1-3 April, University of Durham.
Khalili, N., Wood, J., Dykes, J. and Fairbairn, D. (2009). Mapping geography of social networks. GIS Research UK, 17th Annual Conference 1-3 April, University of Durham.
Radburn, R., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Fairbairn, D. (2009). vizLib: Developing capacity for exploratory analysis in local government – Visualization of library usage data. GIS Research UK, 17th Annual Conference 1-3 April, University of Durham.
Slingsby, A., Lowe, R., Dykes, J., Stephenson, D., Wood, J., Jupp, T.... Fairbairn, D. (2009). A pilot study for the collaborative development of new ways of visualising seasonal climate forecasts. GIS Research UK, 17th Annual Conference 1-3 April, University of Durham.
Wood, J., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Radburn, R. and Fairbairn, D. (2009). Flow trees for exploring spatial trajectories. GIS Research UK, 17th Annual Conference 1-3 April, University of Durham.
Radburn, R., Dykes, J.A. and Wood, J. (2009). vizLib: Developing Capacity for Exploratory Data Analysis in Local Government - Visualization of Library Customer Behaviour. GIS Research UK 17th Annual Conference (GISRUK 2009) 1-3 April, Durham.
Purves, R., Dykes, J., Edwardes, A., Hollenstein, L., Mueller, D. and Wood, J. (2009). Describing the space and place of digital cities through volunteered geographic information. ICA Commission on Visualization, Workshop on the Contribution of Geovisualization to the Concept of the Digital City 3-5 March, Hamburg.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Crooks, A. (2009). The role of layout and order in treemaps for showing spatial and temporal variation in house prices. ICA Commission on Visualization,Workshop on the Contribution of Geovisualization to the Concept of the Digital City 3-5 March, Hamburg.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Crooks, A. The Role of Layout and Order in Treemaps for Showing Spatial and Temporal Variation in House Prices. GeoViz Hamburg Workshop Hamburg, Germany.
Wood, J., Dykes, J. and Lambick, D. (2008). From slice and dice to hierarchical cartograms: Spatial referencing of treemaps. GIS Research UK 16th Annual Conference 2-4 April, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Dykes, J., Purves, R., Edwardes, A., Wood, J. and Lambick, D. (2008). Exploring Volunteered Geographic Information to Describe Place: Visualization of the ‘Geograph British Isles’ Collection. GIS Research UK 16th Annual Conference 2-4 April, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Slingsby, A., Wood, J., Dykes, J., Foote, M., Blom, M. and Lambick, D. (2008). The visual exploration of insurance data in Google Earth. GIS Research UK 16th Annual Conference 2-4 April, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J., Foote, M. and Blom, M. (2008). The Visual Exploration of Insurance Data in Google Earth. GISRUK08 2-4 April, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Dykes, J. and Wood, J. Mashup visualization with Google Earth and GIS. IEEE Vis2008 Tutorial.
Wood, J. and Kemp, K. Shaded relief and gradient. Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Clarke, K. (2007). Mashup cartography: cartographic issues of using Google Earth for tag maps. ICA Commission on Maps and the Internet 31 July-2 August, Warsaw.
Greatbatch, I., Wood, J., Fisher, P. and Winstanley, A. (2007). Using the Google API to compare the cultural and physical prominence of mountain features. GIS Research UK 15th Annual Conference 11-13 April, Maynooth Ireland.
Arciniegas, C., Wood, J.D. and Fisher, P. Collaboration Networks Revealed by IJGIS. Classics from IJGIS.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Clarke, K. Interactive Tag Maps and Tag Clouds for the Multiscale Exploration of Large Spatio-temporal Datasets. .doi:10.1109/IV.2007.71
Wood, J., Heywood, I., Cornelius, S. and Carver, S. Identifying mountains with GIS. An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems.
Voudouris, V., Wood, J. and Fisher, P.F. Collaborative geovisualization: Object-field representations with semantic and uncertainty information. .
Wood, J. (2004). A new method for the identification of peaks and summits in surface models. 3rd International Conference on Geographic Information Science 20-23 October, University of Maryland.
Fisher, P. and Wood, J. (2004). Where are the Munros? Multiscale morphometric analysis of mountains. 3rd International Conference on Geographic Information Science 20-23 October, University of Maryland.
Arrell, K., Fisher, P., Wood, J. and Lovett, A. (2004). Viewshed analysis and measures of peakedness as a tool for quantifying terrain panoramas. GIS Research UK 12th National Conference 28-30 April, University of East Anglia.
Wood, J. and Wood, J. (2003). GIS Research UK, 11th National Conference. GIS Research UK, 11th National Conference 9-11 April, City University London.
Tate, N., Wood, J., Tate, N. and Atkinson, P. Fractals and scale dependencies in topography. Scale in Geographical Information Systems.
Wood, J. and Rana, S. (2000). Constructing weighted surface networks for the representation and analysis of surface topology. 5th International Conference on GeoComputation 23-25 August, University of Greenwich.
Dykes, J.A. and Wood, J. Dynamism, symbolism, synthesis, scale and students : Geographic visualization research at City University. GeoInformatics.
Bastin, L., Wood, J. and Fisher, P.F. Visualising and tracking uncertainty in thematic classifications of satellite imagery. .
Wood, J., Poiker, T. and Chrisman, N. (1998). Modelling the continuity of surface form using digital elevation models. 8th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, IGU 11-15 July, Vancouver.
Williams, N., Jenkins, A., Unwin, D.J., Raper, J.F., McCarthy, T., Fisher, P.F.... Dykes, J.A. What should be the educational functions of a virtual field course (The Virtual Field Course)? CAL '97 University of Exeter School of Education.
Goodchild, M., Buttenfield, B., Wood, J., Hearnshaw, H. and Unwin, D. Introduction to visualizing data validity. Visualization in Geographic Information Systems Chichester.
Dykes, J.A. and Wood, J. (1993). Design Criteria for GIS Educational Resources as Applied to SITE. GIS/LIS 1993 2-4 November, Minneapolis.
Dykes, J.A. and Wood, J. (1993). SITE: Developing an Integrated Environment for Spatial Information Education. EGIS'93 29 March-1 April, Genova.
Wood, J., Hearnshaw, H. and Unwin, D. Visualizing contour interpolation accuracy in digital elevation models. Visualization in Geographic Information Systems Chichester.
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Foote, M. Risk Management Collaboration through Sharing Interactive Graphics. EGU General Assembly 2010 Vienna, Austria.

Journal articles (61)

Wood, J., Devane, N., Roper, A., Botting, N., Cruice, M., Octaviani, U.... Wilson, S. (2026). Experiencing Data Visualization With Language Disability. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 46(2), pp. 20-29. doi:10.1109/mcg.2025.3642747
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Beecham, R., Tennekes, M. and Wood, J. (2026). gridmappr: An R package for creating small multiple gridmap layouts. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 53(3), pp. 487-493. doi:10.1177/23998083251374737
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Schöttler, S., Dykes, J., Wood, J., Hinrichs, U. and Bach, B. (2025). Constraint-Based Breakpoints for Responsive Visualization Design and Development. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 31(9), pp. 4593-4604. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2024.3410097
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Devane, N., Botting, N., Cruice, M., Roper, A., Szafir, D., Wood, J.... Wilson, S. (2024). Data visualization and decision making in adults with acquired and developmental language disabilities: A scoping review. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 59(6), pp. 2617-2631. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.13105
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Ivanovic, S.S., Wood, J. and Purves, R.S. (2023). Evaluation of bicycle sharing scheme data as a proxy for cycling mobility – How COVID-19 measures influenced cycling in Paris. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 22, pp. 100937-100937. doi:10.1016/j.trip.2023.100937
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Mary Kelly, , Aidan Slingsby, , Jason Dykes, and Jo Wood, (2022). Mapping ‘sluggish’ migration: Irish internal migration 1851 – 1911. Irish Geography, 54(2), pp. 89-108. doi:10.55650/igj.2021.1461
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Dykes, J., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Bach, B., Borgo, R., Chen, M.... Xu, K. (2022). Visualization for epidemiological modelling: challenges, solutions, reflections and recommendations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 380(2233). doi:10.1098/rsta.2021.0299
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Chen, M., Abdul-Rahman, A., Archambault, D., Dykes, J., Ritsos, P.D., Slingsby, A.... Xu, K. (2022). RAMPVIS: Answering the challenges of building visualisation capabilities for large-scale emergency responses. Epidemics, 39, pp. 100569-100569. doi:10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100569
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Elmqvist, N., Fisher, B., Lindstrom, P., Maciejewski, R., Meyer, M., Miksch, S.... Yang, J. (2021). Preface. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 27(2), pp. xviii-xxv. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2020.3033678
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Liem, J., Perin, C. and Wood, J. (2020). Structure and Empathy in Visual Data Storytelling: Evaluating their Influence on Attitude. Computer Graphics Forum, 39(3), pp. 277-289. doi:10.1111/cgf.13980
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Perin, C., Vuillemot, R., Stolper, C.D., Stasko, J.T., Wood, J. and Carpendale, S. (2018). State of the Art of Sports Data Visualization. Computer Graphics Forum, 37(3), pp. 663-686. doi:10.1111/cgf.13447
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Andrienko, G., Andrienko, N., Fuchs, G. and Wood, J. (2017). Revealing Patterns and Trends of Mass Mobility Through Spatial and Temporal Abstraction of Origin-Destination Movement Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(9), pp. 2120-2136. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2016.2616404
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Meulemans, W., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Turkay, C. and Wood, J. (2017). Small Multiples with Gaps. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(1), pp. 381-390. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2016.2598542
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Beecham, R., Rooney, C., Meier, S., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A., Turkay, C.... Wong, B.L.W. (2016). Faceted Views of Varying Emphasis (FaVVEs): a framework for visualising multi‐perspective small multiples. Computer Graphics Forum, 35(3), pp. 241-249. doi:10.1111/cgf.12900
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Duckham, M., van Kreveld, M., Purves, R., Speckmann, B., Tao, Y., Verbeek, K.... Wood, J. (2016). Modeling Checkpoint-Based Movement with the Earth Mover’s Distance. pp. 225-239. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45738-3_15
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van Goethem, A., Meulemans, W., Speckmann, B. and Wood, J. (2015). Exploring Curved Schematization of Territorial Outlines. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 21(8), pp. 889-902. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2015.2401025
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Wood, J. (2015). Visualizing Personal Progress in Participatory Sports Cycling Events. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 35(4), pp. 73-81. doi:10.1109/mcg.2015.71
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Turkay, C., Slingsby, A., Hauser, H., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2014). Attribute Signatures: Dynamic Visual Summaries for Analyzing Multivariate Geographical Data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), pp. 2033-2042. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346265
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van Goethem, A., Reimer, A., Speckmann, B. and Wood, J. (2014). Stenomaps: Shorthand for shapes. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 20(12), pp. 2053-2062. doi:10.1109/tvcg.2014.2346274
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Beecham, R. and Wood, J. (2014). Characterising group-cycling journeys using interactive graphics. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, 47(P2), pp. 194-206. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2014.03.007
Beecham, R., Wood, J.D. and Bowerman, A. (2014). Studying commuting behaviours using collaborative visual analytics. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 47, pp. 5-15. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.10.007
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Kachkaev, A., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2014). Glyphs for Exploring Crowd‐sourced Subjective Survey Classification. Computer Graphics Forum, 33(3), pp. 311-320. doi:10.1111/cgf.12387
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Van Goethem, A., Meulemans, W., Speckmann, B. and Wood, J. (2014). Exploring Curved Schematization. 2014 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium pp. 1-8. doi:10.1109/pacificvis.2014.11
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van Goethem, D.A., Haverkort, H., Meulemans, W., Reimer, A., Speckmann, B. and Wood, J. (2014). Automatic schematization with curved lines. Geo-Info, 2014(2), pp. 10-13
Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Radburn, R. (2014). Designing an Exploratory Visual Interface to the Results of Citizen Surveys. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 28(10), pp. 2090-2125. doi:10.1080/13658816.2014.920845
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Beecham, R. and Wood, J.D. (2014). Characterising group-cycling journeys using interactive graphics. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 47(2), pp. 194-206. doi:10.1016/j.trc.2014.03.007
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Walker, R., Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Xu, K., Wood, J., Nguyen, P.... Zheng, Y. (2013). An Extensible Framework for Provenance in Human Terrain Visual Analytics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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Zhang, Q., Slingsby, A., Dykes, J., Wood, J., Kraak, M.J., Blok, C.A.... Ahas, R. (2013). Visual analysis design to support research into movement and use of space in Tallinn: A case study. Information Visualization. doi:10.1177/1473871613480062
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Slingsby, A., Beecham, R. and Wood, J. (2013). Visual analysis of social networks in space and time using smartphone logs. Pervasive and Mobile Computing. doi:10.1016/j.pmcj.2013.07.002
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Goodwin, S., Dykes, J.A., Jones, S., Dillingham, I., Dove, G., Duffy, A.... Wood, J. (2013). Creative User-Centered Visualization Design for Energy Analysts and Modelers. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(12), pp. 2516-2525. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2013.145
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Wood, J., Badawood, D., Dykes, J.A. and slingsby, A. (2011). BallotMaps: Detecting name bias in alphabetically ordered ballot papers. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17(12), pp. 2384-2391. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2011.174
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Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2011). Exploring Uncertainty in Geodemographics with Interactive Graphics. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17(12), pp. 2545-2554. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2011.197
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Wood, J., Slingsby, A. and Dykes, J. (2011). Visualizing the dynamics of London’s bicycle hire scheme. Cartographica, 46(4), pp. 239-251. doi:10.3138/carto.46.4.239
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Purves, R., Edwardes, A. and Wood, J. (2011). Describing place through user generated content. First Monday
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Wood, J., Dykes, J. and Slingsby, A. (2010). Visualisation of Origins, Destinations and Flows with OD Maps. CARTOGR J, 47(2), pp. 117-129. doi:10.1179/000870410X12658023467367
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Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2010). Rectangular Hierarchical Cartograms for Socio-Economic Data. Journal of Maps, 6(1), pp. 330-345. doi:10.4113/jom.2010.1090
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Slingsby, A., Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2010). Treemap Cartography for showing Spatial and Temporal Traffic Patterns. Journal of Maps, 6(1), pp. 135-146. doi:10.4113/jom.2010.1071
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Dykes, J., Wood, J. and Slingsby, A. (2010). Rethinking map legends with visualization. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph, 16(6), pp. 890-899. doi:10.1109/TVCG.2010.191
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Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2009). Configuring hierarchical layouts to address research questions. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 15(6), pp. 977-984
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Slingsby, A., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (2008). Using treemaps for variable selection in spatio-temporal visualisation. Information Visualization, 7(3-4), pp. 210-224. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500185
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Arrell, K., Wise, S., Wood, J. and Donoghue, D. (2008). Spectral filtering as a method of visualising and removing striped artefacts in digital elevation data. EARTH SURF PROC LAND, 33(6), pp. 943-961. doi:10.1002/esp.1597
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Wood, J. and Dykes, J. (2008). Spatially ordered treemaps. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 14(6), pp. 1348-1355
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Wood, J., Dykes, J., Slingsby, A. and Clarke, K. (2007). Interactive visual exploration of a large spatio-temporal dataset: Reflections on a geovisualization mashup. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS, 13(6), pp. 1176-1183
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Fisher, P., Cheng, T. and Wood, J. (2007). Higher order vagueness in geographical information:: Empirical geographical population of type n fuzzy sets. GEOINFORMATICA, 11(3), pp. 311-330. doi:10.1007/s10707-006-0009-5
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Fisher, P., Wood, J. and Cheng, T. (2007). Higher Order Vagueness in a Dynamic Landscape: Multi-Resolution Morphometric Analysis of a Coastal Dunefield. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS, 9(1), pp. 56-70. doi:10.3808/jei.200700087
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Fisher, P., Wood, J. and Cheng, T. (2005). Where is Helvellyn? Fuzziness of multiscale landscape morphometry. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29(1), pp. 126-128
Fisher, P., Wood, J. and Cheng, T. (2004). Where is Helvellyn? Fuzziness of multi‐scale landscape morphometry. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29(1), pp. 106-128. doi:10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00117.x
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Wood, J. (2004). Open source GIS: A GRASS GIS approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE, 18(7), pp. 719-720. doi:10.1080/13658810310001638718
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Bastin, L., Fisher, P.F. and Wood, J. (2002). Visualizing uncertainty in multi-spectral remotely sensed imagery. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 28(3), pp. 337-350. doi:10.1016/S0098-3004(01)00051-6
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Raper, J., Dykes, J., Wood, J., Mountain, D., Krause, A. and Rhind, D. (2002). A framework for evaluating geographical information. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 28(1), pp. 39-50
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Cartwright, W., Crampton, J., Gartner, G., Miller, S., Mitchell, K., Siekierska, E.... Wood, J. (2001). Geospatial information visualization: User interface issues. Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 28(1), pp. 45-60
Blenkinsop, S., Fisher, P., Bastin, L. and Wood, J. (2001). Evaluating the perception of uncertainty in alternative visualisation strategies. Cartographica, 37(1), pp. 1-13
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Fisher, P. and Wood, J.O. (2000). What is a Mountain? or the Englishman who went up a Boolean Geographical Concept but Realised it was Fuzzy. Geography, 85(3), pp. 247-256
Wood, J.D., Fisher, P.F., Dykes, J.A., Unwin, D.J. and Stynes, K. (1999). The use of the landscape metaphor in understanding population data. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 26(2), pp. 281-295. doi:10.1068/b260281
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Moore, K., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (1999). Using Java to interact with geo-referenced VRML within a virtual field course. Computers and Geosciences, 25(10), pp. 1125-1136
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Dykes, J., Moore, K. and Wood, J. (1999). Virtual environments for student fieldwork using networked components. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 13(4), pp. 397-416
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Fisher, P. and Wood, J. (1998). What is a mountain? Or the Englishman who went up a Boolean geographical concept but realised it was fuzzy. GEOGRAPHY, 83(360), pp. 247-256
Fisher, P. and Wood, J. (1998). What is a mountain? Or the Englishman who went up a Boolean geographical concept but realised it was fuzzy. Geography, 83(3), pp. 247-256
Fisher, P., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (1993). Map design and visualization. The Cartographic Journal, 30(2), pp. 136-142. doi:10.1179/caj.1993.30.2.136
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Fisher, P., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. (1993). Map Design and Visualization. The Cartographic Journal, 30(2), pp. 136-147. doi:10.1179/000870493787859960
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Wood, J. and Fisher, P. (1993). Assessing interpolation accuracy in elevation models. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 13(2), pp. 48-56

Posters (7)

Crossley, J., Begum, M. and Wood, J. Iterative Design of a Thematic Coding Scheme for Analyzing Inference Coherence in CS Assignments. UKICER 2025: UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference, 2025.
Crossley, J., Begum, M. and Wood, J. Qualitative insights into abstraction skills from exam scripts. European Computer Science Summit, 2023.
Dykes, J., Rooney, C., Beecham, R., Turkay, C., Slingsby, A., Wood, J.... Wong, W. Multi-Perspective Synopsis with Faceted Views of Varying Emphasis. VIS 2015, 2015.
Wood, J.D. and Badawood, D. A Visual Language to Characterise Transitions in Narrative Visualization. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), 2013.
Dillingham, I., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. A Design, Analysis and Evaluation Model to Support the Visualization Designer-User. IEEE Conference on Information Visualization (InfoVis), 2012.
Dillingham, I., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. Exploring Patterns of Uncertainty in Crowdsourced Crisis Information. EuroVA 2012, 2012.
Dillingham, I., Dykes, J. and Wood, J. Visual Analytical Approaches to Evaluating Uncertainty and Bias in Crowdsourced Crisis Information. The IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, 2011.

Working paper

Crossley, J., Begum, M. and Wood, J. Inferentialism as a research paradigm in computer science education.

Professional activities

Collaborations (industrial) (3)

( 2010 - present)
( 2010 - present)
( 2008 - 2013)

Editorial activity (9)

IEEE Information Visualization Panels Chair.
IEEE Visual Analytics in Science and Technology (VAST) Posters Co-chair.
IEEE Information Visualization Programme Committee.
IEEE Visual Analytics in Science and Technology (VAST) Programme Committee.
IEEE Eurovis Programme Committee.
Geomorphometry Programme Committee.
International Symposium on Spatial-temporal Analysis and Data Mining Programme Committee.
Spatial Accuracy Programme Committee.
GIS Research UK Programme Committee.

Keynote lectures/speeches (4)

Visualizing movement behaviour of cyclists. TEDx Eastend (2012). http://www.tedxeastend.com/about/past-events
Does visualization with geocomputation offer anything we didn’t know already? Geocomputation 2011, University College London (2011).
Fireflies, contrails and footprints: Visualising movement in space and time. Lorentz workshop on moving objects, Leiden, Netherlands (2011).
Visualizing geomorphometry: Lessons from information visualization. First International Conference on Geomorphometry, University of Zurich, Switzerland (2009).