Unclassed animated choropleth maps

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Harrower, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animated simultaneous contrast; Animation; Dynamic maps; Interactivity; Representing change; User testing

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING METHOD; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EID: 38649100964     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870407X241863     Document Type: Article

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