The diploma thesis deals with the identification and analysis of misconceptions that are formed when the ninth grade pupils work with thematic maps of quantitative mapping methods, specifically with the choropleth map and proportional symbol map. The theoretical introduction defines the tested mapping methods, reviews previous foreign and Czech studies of map skills, and describes misconceptions that are formed both in cartography in general and specifically when working with thematic maps of quantitative mapping methods. The theoretical part is followed by the practical part - the research methodology and the design of an open conceptual test itself. The test is compiled according to the concept map, which was based on the literature review of previous empirical studies and theoretical publications. From the conceptual map eight propositions (statements) that are key to understanding the concept of choropleth map and proportional symbol map were determined based on an expert evaluation. The conceptual test was used to reveal misconceptions that are formed when working with these mapping methods. A total of 257 pupils from eight primary schools across Czechia took part in the testing and a total of 59 misconceptions of varying severity and frequency were revealed. These misconceptions were then...

Olika typer av data genereras kontinuerligt varje sekund och för att kunna analysera denna data måste den transformeras till någon typ av visuell representation. En vanlig typ av data är spatio-temporal data, vilket är data som existerar i både rymd och tid. Hur denna typ av data kan visualiseras har undersökts under en lång period och området är fortfarande relevant idag. Ett antal metoder har undersökts i detta arbete och en genomgående litteraturstudie har genomförts. En applikation som implementerar ett antal av dessa undersökta metoder för att visualisera klimatdata har även skapats. / Different kinds of data is generated continuously every second and in order to be ableto analyze this data it has to be transformed into some kind of visual representation. Onecommon type of data is spatio-temporal data, which is data that exists in both space andtime. How to visualize this kind of data have been researched for a long time and is still avery relevant subject to expand on today. A number of approaches have been explored inthis work. An extensive literature study has also been performed and can be read in thisreport. The study has been divided into different classifications of spatio-temporal dataand the visual representations are structured by these classes.Another contribution of this thesis is a climate data application to visualize spatiotemporaldata sets of temperatures collected for several countries in the world. This applicationimplements several of the visual representations presented in the survey includedin this thesis. This resulted in a four display application, each showing a different aspect ofthe chosen data sets that consisted of climate data. The result shows how effective multiplelinked views are in order to understand different characteristics of the data.

The occurrence of wildlife vehicle collisions (WVCs) is an increasing problem in Sweden with a calculated increase of 45 percent from 2015 to 2022. The highest measured number of WVCs occurred in 2021 with over 67,000 reported incidents, where only the payment for the search of wounded animals were approximately 60 million Swedish crowns. The Swedish transport agency works actively with the problem by constructing several types of wildlife passages to mitigate the increasing problem, inter alia, ecoducts and fauna bridges.   The aim of this study was to evaluate the mitigation effect of wildlife passages, in this case ecoducts and fauna bridges. In addition, were also the spatial extent of the mitigation effect together with the relationship between mitigation effect and the annual daily traffic (ADT) evaluated.   The evaluation of mitigation effect was conducted by the usage of several types of geographical information systems (GIS) tools in the software ArcGIS Pro. A selection of seven passages was made, based on several requirements and each passage was assigned a study area with an area of 100 square kilometers. The mitigation effect was initially determined by conducting an Emerging hot spot analysis, categorizing the result into showing trend of decrease or showing no trend of decrease. The spatial extent of the mitigating effect was evaluated through the Emerging hot spot results while the relation between ADT and WVCs was evaluated in an overlay analysis.   Two of the passages were concluded as to having a mitigating effect, three passages were concluded as to showing no mitigating effect and two passages were excluded from further evaluation due to high uncertainty in the results. At the passages with stated mitigating effect were the spatial extent of effect shown in the whole study area. The result showed no evident correlation between ADT and mitigating effects which led to further reflections on the degree of influence that ADT has on the occurrence of WVCs.