Miscommunicating with isoline preference maps: Design principles for thematic maps

Cartographic Perspectives

Volumn , Issue 50, 2005, Pages 24-33

  Montello, Daniel R ^a   Gray, M Violet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RBF and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernoff faces; Cognitive cartography; Isoline mapping; Preference maps; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EID: 17044437693     PISSN: 10010564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14714/cp50.415     Document Type: Article

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