Interpreting maps through the eyes of expert and novice users

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1773-1788

  Ooms, Kristien ^a   de Maeyer, Philippe ^a   Fack, Veerle ^a   van Assche, Eva ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cartography; cognitive map; eye tracking; usability

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COGNITION; DATA PROCESSING; MAPPING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; VISION;

EID: 84867244791     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.642801     Document Type: Article

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