Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis (GIVA) 

The unit Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis (GIVA) of the Department of Geography at the University of Zürich is engaged in a wide area of research topics.

The research focus at the unit lies at the interface of Geographic Information Science, geovisual analytics, and spatial cognition research with the aim of improving spatial inference and decision making in society through the dissemination of cognitively adequate geographic information technology.