Issues of change detection in animated choropleth maps

Cartographica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-215

  Goldsberry, Kirk ^a   Battersby, Sarah ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Change blindness; Change characterization; Choropleth maps; Cognition; Magnitude of change; Perception

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COGNITION; MAPPING; PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350352245     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/carto.44.3.201     Document Type: Article

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