The face symbol: Research issues and cartographic potential

Cartographica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-64

  Nelson, Elisabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional processes; Cartography; Chernoff face; Map design; Multivariate symbols

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DESIGN METHOD; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248640130     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/carto-v42-1-053     Document Type: Article

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