Visualising the Longevity of Melbourne Cinema Venues Operating in 1946

This visualisation has been developed to be able to make full use of the complex data associated with historical cinema venues; data which is temporally, spatially, and tematically rich. The graphic approach enables multiple variables about a cinema venue, such as seating capacity, to be viewed in the one image along with spatial and temporal components which show changes to variables over time. This figure shows the visualisation approach applied to Melbourne's cinema venue data, depicting the spatial distribution and change over time for cinema venues operating in 1946. The variables that are investigated are the number of screens, the primary purpose of the venue (such as a hall or theatre), and the seating capacity of the venue. Each cinema venue is now a line, one that has length/duration, and therefore history.

本可视化工具旨在充分挖掘与历史影院场馆相关的复杂数据——这类数据兼具丰富的时间、空间与主题维度信息。该可视化图形方法可在单幅画面中同时展示影院场馆的多项属性变量（如座位容量），并通过空间与时间维度组件呈现变量随时间的演变情况。本示例展示了应用于墨尔本影院场馆数据的可视化方法，呈现了1946年在运营影院的空间分布及其随时间的变化情况。本次研究考察的变量包括影厅数量、场馆的核心功能（如礼堂或剧场）以及场馆座位容量。每一家影院场馆均以一条线段表示，线段的长度对应其运营时长，由此承载了对应的历史信息。