Usability engineering for GIS: Learning from a screenshot

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Haklay, Mordechai Muki ^a   Zafiri, Antigoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; Human Computer interaction; Snapshot study; Usability engineering

Indexed keywords

GIS; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 49249108890     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327708X305085     Document Type: Article

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