Evaluating a geovisualization prototype with two approaches: Remote instructional vs. face-to-face exploratory

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 310-315

  Marsh, Stephanie Larissa ^a   Dykes, Jason ^a   Attilakou, Fenia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploration; Geovisualization; Ideation; Interaction; Think aloud; Usability

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTED; DATA COLLECTIONS; EXPERT USERS; GEOVISUALIZATION; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; SCREEN CAPTURE; THINK ALOUD;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICS; VISUALIZATION;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 45149120355     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IV.2006.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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