Comparing dot and landscape spatializations for visual memory differences

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1033-1039

  Tory, Melanie ^a   Swindells, Colin ^a   Dreezer, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

evaluation methodology; Information interfaces and presentation; landscape visualization; screen design; software psychology; user machine systems

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION / METHODOLOGY; INFORMATION INTERFACES; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; MACHINE SYSTEMS; SCREEN DESIGN; SOFTWARE PSYCHOLOGY;

MACHINE DESIGN; SOFTWARE DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77957905047     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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