Effects of animations in zooming and panning operations on web maps: A web-based experiment

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-303

  Midtbø, Terje ^a   Nordvik, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animated zoom; Cartographic animation; Dynamic maps; Web experiment

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 38649093327     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870407X241845     Document Type: Article

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