Resolution control for balancing overview and detail in multivariate spatial analysis

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-273

  Chen, Jin ^a   MacEachren, Alan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geovisualisation; Multivariate special analysis; Overview and detail exploration; Parallel coordinates; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 60649108057     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327708X347764     Document Type: Review

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