Thematic uncertainty visualization usability - Comparison of basic methods

Annals of GIS

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-263

  Kubíček, Petr ^a   Šašinka, Čeněk ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cognitive processes; evaluation; kriging; maps combined and maps compared; parallel and serial processing; uncertainty visualization

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MAPPING; TESTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84859390281     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2011.625978     Document Type: Article

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