First responders and crisis map symbols: Clarifying communication

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Akella, Mamata Kumari ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartography; Crisis maps; Firefighters; Human factors; Open ended testing; Pictorial map symbol

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAP SYMBOLS; MAPPING; MAPS; STANDARDS;

CARTOGRAPHY; CRISIS MAPS; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMAN FACTORS; OPEN-ENDED TESTING; PICTORIAL MAP SYMBOL;

SECURITY OF DATA;

CARTOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MAP;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849121724     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304009787340179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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