Virtual city design based on urban image theory

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-26

  Omer, Itzhak ^a   Goldblatt, Ran ^a   Or, Udi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Geovisualization; Urban image theory; Virtual cities; Virtual Environment design; Wayfinding strategies

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 22944456524     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870405X52720     Document Type: Article

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