Study of the attentive behavior of novice and expert map users using eye tracking

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-54

  Ooms, K ^a   De Maeyer, P ^a   Fack, V ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cognitive cartography; eye movement; user study

Indexed keywords

ATTENTIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERT AND NOVICES; EYE-TRACKING; SPATIAL DIMENSION; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; USER STUDY; VISUAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULUS;

MAPS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

CARTOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL COGNITION; TRACKING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84890788842     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2013.860255     Document Type: Article

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