Card sorting for cartographic research and practice

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Roth, Robert E ^a   Finch, Benjamin G ^b   Blanford, Justine I ^b   Klippel, Alexander ^b   Robinson, Anthony G ^b   MacEachren, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSI INCITS 415 2006; Card sorting; Categorization; Emergency mapping; Grouping; Map design; User centered design

Indexed keywords

ANSI INCITS 415-2006; CARD-SORTING; CATEGORIZATION; EMERGENCY MAPPING; GROUPING; MAP DESIGN; USER CENTERED DESIGNS;

DESIGN; MAPS; STANDARDS;

MAPPING;

CARTOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; SORTING; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 80051748922     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/1523040638289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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