Learning from cartograms: The effects of region familiarity

Journal of Geography

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 50-58

  Rittschof, Kent A ^a,b,c   Stock, William A ^a,b,c   Kulhavy, Raymond W ^a,b,c   Verdi, Michael P ^a,b,c   Johnson, Janet T ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartogram; Data map; Interference; Map reconstruction; Mental representation; Thematic map.; True scale

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAM; COGNITION; DATA MAP; MAP RECONSTRUCTION; MENTAL REPRESENTATION; REGIONAL FAMILIARITY;

EID: 0030470937     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221349608978925     Document Type: Article

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