Four of the maps showed the hazard data displayed using different data classification styles: gradational shaded (minimum-maximum stretch), isarithmic with solid isopleths (5% labelled intervals), isarithmic with dashed isopleths (5% labelled intervals), and binned (10% intervals).
A copy of the survey can be found in Additional file 1. Figure 2 Map images used in the survey (Table 1, Questions 6 13) showing three different probabilistic hazard data classification styles: A) gradational shaded, B) binned, and C) isarithmic.
The isarithmic map (Figure 2C) was the most preferred (Figure 7D) and most accurately-read data classification style (Figure 7B).
Respondents wrote an average of 30 words in response to an open-ended text question about map data classification style preference.
More than half of respondents interpreted the qualitative level of hazard as "medium" regardless of map data classification style used (Figure 7C).
Regardless of map data classification style viewed (Figure 2), more than half of survey participants considered the probability of accumulating ≥1 mm of ash in Whakatane as a "medium" level of hazard (Figure 7C).
Three main themes emerged concerning the influence of map data classification style on respondent's interpretation of the hazard map: clarity/ease of reading, precision/uncertainty, and realistic hazard representation.
The core of TEES consists of two components, that is, classification-style trigger/event detection and rich features in graph structure.
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