Information Visualization and the Challenge of Universal Usability

Exploring Geovisualization

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 53-82

  Plaisant, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84882530422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044531-1/50421-8     Document Type: Chapter

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