Judging the Similarity of Choropleth Map Images

Bibliographic Data

ID14701108
AuthorsTHEODORE STEINKE (University of South Carolina, corresponding author), ROBERT STEINKE, R C Steinke
Year1983
Volume20
Issue4
Pages35-42
Publication date1983-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/m326-55l2-748p-4240
OpenAlexW2137540995
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited4

An experiment was conducted to determine if people can form mental images of choropleth maps, if they can compare map patterns on those images, and if they make the comparisons in the same way that people make visual comparisons of map patterns. Subjects committed choropleth maps to memory and were given experience in the use of these images to make judgments of pattern similarity. After using imagery in a preliminary comparison task, the subjects were asked to rank the similarity of all possible map pairs. The subjective similarity rankings were compared to objective measures of the map patterns. The findings of this experiment are related to those of an earlier study in which the subjects compared the similarity of the same maps visually. The results indicated that there were no significant differences in the way choropleth map patterns were compared visually or from memory

Cartography · Combinatorics · Geography · Image (mathematics · Pattern recognition (psychology · Rank (graph theory · Similarity (geometry · Statistics · Augmented Reality Applications · Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes · Artificial Intelligence

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