Cognitively inspired and perceptually salient graphic displays for efficient spatial inference making

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-29

  Fabrikant, Sara Irina ^a   Hespanha, Stacy Rebich ^b   Hegarty, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Eye movement analysis; Geographic visualization; Spatial inference; Weather maps

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; MAP GRAPHICS; PERCEPTION; THEMATIC MAPPING; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

EID: 77950870488     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903362378     Document Type: Article

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