ET2GIS & ET2QGIS tools: integrating ET2Spatial outputs into GIS for eye movement analysis of web maps
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F25%3A73632024" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/25:73632024 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12145-025-02029-y" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12145-025-02029-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12145-025-02029-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12145-025-02029-y</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
ET2GIS & ET2QGIS tools: integrating ET2Spatial outputs into GIS for eye movement analysis of web maps
Original language description
We present ET2GIS and ET2QGIS, two toolkits that integrate georeferenced eye-tracking (ET) data into mainstream GIS (ArcGIS Pro and QGIS). Built on ET2Spatial, which converts screen-space gaze into geographic coordinates, the toolkits enable GIS-native analysis and visualisation of FIX/RAW layers. ET2GIS (ArcGIS Pro toolbox) provides 3D visualisation, clustering, heat-map and kernel-density surfaces, scanpaths, and space–time cube exploration, supporting spatio-temporal analyses of gaze behaviour. ET2QGIS (open-source QGIS plugin) offers a streamlined workflow for data import, AOI assignment, duration-based visualisation, and heat-maps, prioritising accessibility and ease of use. Together, the toolkits address complementary needs: ET2GIS for advanced spatial processing; ET2QGIS for an accessible, cross-platform workflow within open-source GIS. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first publicly available toolkits that ingest georeferenced gaze layers produced by ET2Spatial and make them fully analysable inside mainstream GIS. The Discussion outlines future directions, including selective use of generative AI to assist with analyst-controlled proposals of static areas of interest (AOIs). By treating gaze events as first-class geographic features, the toolkits lower the barrier to analysing user interactions with web maps and support research in cognitive cartography, usability evaluation, and human–computer interaction.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-06187S" target="_blank" >GA23-06187S: Identification of barriers in the process of communication of spatial socio-demographic information</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Earth Science Informatics
ISSN
1865-0473
e-ISSN
1865-0481
Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
"535-1"-"535-20"
UT code for WoS article
001595673000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105019337232