An evolving cognitive-semiotic approach to geographic visualization and knowledge construction

Information Design Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-36

  MacEachren, Alan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Cognition; Dynamic cartography; Geographic visualization; Interactivity; Semiotics; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005904610     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.10.1.06mac     Document Type: Article

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