Tasks, strategies, and cognitive processes associated with navigational map reading: A review perspective

Professional Geographer

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-281

  Lobben, Amy K ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Map reading; Map reading strategies; Map reading tasks; Navigation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; MAP; NAVIGATION;

EID: 2942641892     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.05602010.x     Document Type: Article

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