A geospatial image based eye movement dataset for cartography and GIS

Abstract: Eye movement is a new type of data for cartography and geographic information science (GIS) research. However, previous studies rarely built eye movement datasets with geospatial images. In this paper, we firstly proposed a geospatial image-based eye movement dataset called GeoEye, a publicly shared, widely available eye movement dataset. This dataset consists of 110 college-aged participants who freely viewed 500 images, including thematic maps, remote sensing images, and street view images. In addition, we used the dataset for geospatial image saliency prediction and map user identification. Results demonstrated the scientific benefits and applications of the proposed dataset. GeoEye dataset will not only promote the application of eye-tracking data in cartography and GIS research but also intelligence and customization of geographic information services.

Key words: Eye movement dataset, geospatial image, cartography, GIS, visual saliency detection

 

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