The distance-similarity metaphor in region-display spatializations

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 34-44

  Fabrikant, Sarah Irina ^a   Montello, Daniel R ^b   Mark, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; MAPS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKGROUND SPATIALIZATION; DISTANCE-SIMILARITY METAPHOR; REGION-DISPLAY SPATIALIZATIONS; SPATIAL METAPHOR;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746069305     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2006.90     Document Type: Article

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