Worlds of Information: The Geographic Metaphor in the Visualization of Complex Information

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 209-220

  Couclelis, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAPPING;

SPATIALIZATION; TEXTUAL INFORMATION;

VISUALIZATION;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0032184598     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304098782383034     Document Type: Article

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