Real world map reading strategies

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-268

  Perkins, Chris ^a   Gardiner, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Tactility   (United Kingdom)

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MAP;

EID: 0742319879     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870403225012970     Document Type: Article

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