Exploration of information theoretic arguments for the limited amount of information in a map

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Bjørke, Jan Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Channel capacity; Information theory; Map design; Map perception

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; CAPACITY LIMIT; CONTROL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS; MAP DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUAL SEARCH;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; INFORMATION THEORY; MAPPING; MAPS; VISUALIZATION;

VISIBILITY;

CARTOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84865794073     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/1523040639288     Document Type: Article

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