Change blindness in Animated choropleth maps: An empirical study

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-362

  Fish, Carolyn ^a   Goldsberry, Kirk P ^a   Battersby, Sarah ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Change blindness; Choropleth maps

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHIC DESIGN; CHANGE BLINDNESS; CHANGE DETECTION; CHOROPLETH MAPS; DYNAMIC SEQUENCES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IN-BETWEENING; KEY FRAMES; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; RAPID TRANSITIONS; TIME-SERIES DATA;

ANIMATION; MAPPING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EYE PROTECTION;

CARTOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL METHOD; TIME SERIES; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84857553361     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/15230406384350     Document Type: Article

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