Focus groups for design improvement in dynamic cartography

Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 37-47

  Monmonier, Mark ^a   Gluck, Myke ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design improvement; Dynamic cartography; Focus groups; Graphic script; Interface design; Multimedia; Narrative graphics; User needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001913788     PISSN: 10509844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152304094782563948     Document Type: Article

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