The natural landscape metaphor in information visualization: The role of commonsense geomorphology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-270

  Fabrikant, Sara Irina ^a   Montello, Daniel R ^b   Mark, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENT COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EXPLANATORY POWER; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SENSE MAKING; TERRAIN VISUALIZATION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 76649109303     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21227     Document Type: Article

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