You are where? The function and frustration of you-are-here (YAH) maps

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 94-104

  Montello, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment effects; Spatial reasoning; You are here (YAH) maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960215224     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13875860903585323     Document Type: Review

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