Research

Prestby, T. J. (In progress). Uncertainty Representation and Cultural Color Congruence in Visualization Design: Impacts on Trusting and Reading Thematic Maps. IEEE Transactions on Computer Graphics and Visualization

Cases, N., Prestby, T. J. , Gartner, G. (In review). Situating Trust in Cartography: Conceptions of Trust and Trustworthiness in Maps. Cartographic Perspectives

Prestby, T. J. (In review). Situating Trust in Cartography: Conceptions of Trust and Trustworthiness in Maps. Cartographic Perspectives

Prestby, T. J. (2024). Measuring Trust in Maps: development and evaluation of the MAPTRUST scale. International Journal of Geographic Information Science. DOI

Prestby, T. J. (2023). Trust in maps: what we know and need to know. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. DOI

Prestby, T. J. , Robinson, A. C., McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P. M., & Grozinger, C. M. (2023). Characterizing user needs for Beescape: A spatial decision support tool focused on pollinator health. Journal of Environmental Management, 325, 116416. DOI

Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2022). Design and Evaluation of Coastal Web Atlases: Best Practices and Future Opportunities for Map Representation, Interaction, and Usability. Coastal Management, 50(6), 514-548. DOI

Prestby, T. (2022). Design Techniques for COVID-19 Story Maps: A Quantitative Content Analysis. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-20. DOI

Song, Z., Roth, R.E., Houtman, L., Prestby, T., Iverson, A., & Gao, S. (2022). Visual Storytelling with Maps: An Empirical Study on Story Map Themes and Narrative Elements, Visual Storytelling Genres and Tropes, and Individual Audience Differences. Cartographic Perspectives. DOI

Bley, K., Caldwell, K., Kelly, M., Loyd, J., Roth, R.E., Anderson, T.M., Bonds, A., Plevin, J., Madison, D., Sims, T., Spencer, C., Archuleta, C., Ellner, Z., McDowell, T., Nestel, C., Noterman, E., Smith, N., Velednitsky, S., Underwood, N., Darlington, R., Gao, Y., George, A., Miller, L., Prestby, T., & Vongkusolkit, J. (2021). A Design Challenge for Transforming Justice. GeoHumanities. DOI

Robinson, A. C., Peeler, J., Prestby, T., Goslee, S. C., Anton, K., & Grozinger, C. M. (2021). Beescape: Characterizing user needs for environmental decision support in beekeeping. Ecological Informatics. DOI

Li, B., Gao, S., Liang, Y., Kang, Y., Prestby, T., Gao, Y., & Xiao, R. (2020). Estimation of regional economic development indicator from transportation network analytics. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-15. DOI

Prestby, T., App, J., Kang, Y., & Gao, S. (2020). Understanding neighborhood isolation through spatial interaction network analysis using location big data. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 52(6), 1027-1031. DOI

Roth, R.E., Sack, C.M., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Chen, Y., Donohue, R., Houtman, L., Prestby, T., Tolochko, R., & Underwood, N. (2021) Web Mapping: A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web (Version 0.2). University of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory. DOI

Gao, S., Li, M., Rao, J., Mai, G., Prestby, T., Marks, J., & Hu, Y. (2021). Automatic urban road network extraction from massive GPS trajectories of taxis. Handbook of Big Geospatial Data , 261. DOI

Prestby, T. (2023). In Maps We Trust. Abstracts of the ICA 6, 206. DOI

Robinson, A. C., Prestby, T.J., McLaughlin, D., Houtman, L., Dudas, P., & Grozinger, C. (2022). Geovisualization for Pollinator Decision Support with Beescape NexGen. Abstracts of the ICA , 6, 212. DOI

Prestby, T. (2022). Content Analysis of COVID-19 Cartographic Journalism. Abstracts of the ICA 5, 65. DOI

Robinson, A. C., Prestby, T.J., McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P., & Grozinger, C. (2022). Evaluating User Needs for Geovisualization of Pollinator Health and Ecosystems. Abstracts of the ICA , 5, 157. DOI

Prestby, T. (2021). Characterizing Storytelling in COVID-19 Cartographic Journalism. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, 245. DOI

Roth, R. E., Sack, C. M., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Chen, Y., Donohue, R., Houtman, L.,Prestby, T., Tolochko, R., and Underwood, N. (2021). Introducing Web Mapping: A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, 254. DOI

Prestby, T.J. (2023). Trust in Maps: what we know and what we need to know. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte. October 17

Prestby, T.J. (2023). Trust in Maps: Applying the MAPTRUST Scale to Study Cartographic Design. Viral Movements Symposium. State College, PA. May 15

Prestby, T.J. (2024). Conceptualizing Trust in Cartography American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI. April 18.

Prestby, T.J. (2024). An Empirical Study on How Color Congruence and Uncertainty Affect Map Trust. Penn State Geography Miller Masterclass. State College, PA. March 14.

Birkenholtz, T., Prestby, T.J. , Houtman, L. (2024). Placing Wetlands in the Watershed: Situating Millbrook Marsh, Pennsylvania in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Delaware Wetlands Conference. Wilmington, DE. February 6.

Prestby, T.J. (2023). To Trust or Not to Trust Maps, That Is the Question. North American Cartographic Information Society Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. October 12.

Prestby, T.J. (2023). In Maps we Trust. International Cartography Conference. Cape Town, South Africa. August 15.

Robinson, A. C., Prestby, T.J., McLaughlin, D., Houtman, L., Dudas, P., & Grozinger, C. (2023). Geovisualization for Pollinator Decision Support with Beescape NexGen. International Cartography Conference. Cape Town, South Africa. August 16.

Prestby, T.J. (2023). The Intersection of AI, Trust, and Cartography . Pre-conference Workshop on MapAI, International Cartography Conference. Stellenbosch, South Africa. August 12.

Song, Z., Roth, R.E., Houtman, L.,Prestby, T. , Iverson, A., & Gao, S. (2022). Visual Storytelling with Maps: Update and Outlook from an Empirical Study. AutoCarto. Redlands, CA. November 3.

Prestby, T. (2022). Surveying the Design of Story Maps in Digital Journalism. NACIS. Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 20.

Prestby, T. (2022). Design Techniques for COVID-19 Story Maps: A Quantitative Content Analysis. EuroCarto. Vienna, Austria. September 21.

Robinson, A. C., Prestby, T. J. , McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P., & Grozinger, C. (2022). Evaluating User Needs for Geovisualization of Pollinator Health and Ecosystems. EuroCarto. Vienna, Austria. September 21.

Prestby, T. (2021). Characterizing Storytelling in COVID-19 Cartographic Journalism. International Cartography Conference. Florence, Italy. December 16.

Prestby, T. (2021). Mapping Multiscale Pollinator Big Data. Center for Pollinator Research Symposium. State College, Pennsylvania. November 16.

Roth, R.E., Sack, C.M., Baldrica-Franklin, G., Chen, Y., Donohue, R., Houtman, L., Prestby, T., Tolochko, R., & Underwood, N. (2021). Introducing "Web Mapping: A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web". North American Cartographic Information Society Annual Conference. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 14.

Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2021). Design and Evaluation of Coastal Web Atlases: Best Practices and Future Opportunities for Map Representation, Interaction, and Usability. CoastGIS. Virtual. September 16.

Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2021). Enhancing the Wisconsin Coastal Atlas as a Resource to Support Adaptive Coastal Management. International Coastal Atlas Network Steering Meeting. Virtual. September 27.

Hart, D.A., Prestby, T., & Roth, R.E. (2020). Designing Coastal Web Atlases: Best Practices and Future Directions. Social Coast Forum. Charleston, South Carolina. February 6.

Prestby, T., App, J., Kang, Y., & Gao, S. (2020). Visualizing Neighborhood Isolation by Spatial Interaction NetworkAnalysis. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado. Canceled.

Prestby, T., Gao, S., Liang, Y., Kang, Y., & Li, B. (2019). Linking Traffic Volume to Economic Development IndexUsing Big Data and Gravity Models. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington,DC. April 4.

Prestby, T.J. (2023). Advancing GIS Careers GISalon Webinar, GISphere.Virtual. September 14.