Traditional Versus Sequenced Choropleth Maps/An Experimental Investigation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID14701640
AutoresTerry A Slocum (The University of Kansas / Lawrence, Kansas / United States, autor correspondente), SUSAN H ROBESON, Stephen L Egbert (0000-0002-6444-4976)
Ano1990
Volume27
Fascículo1
Páginas67-88
Data de publicação1990-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cg7n-0158-1537-6177
OpenAlexW2139679841
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10

Modern computer technology provides cartographers with a host of new display potentialities not possible with traditional printed maps. One of these is sequencing, or the display of map elements in a particular order. This paper evaluates sequencing of choropleth maps via reaction time experiments with human subjects. Informal experiments reveal that subjects favor some form of sequencing, while formal experiments show no significant difference between traditional and sequenced maps for either information acquisition or memory. Since subjects find sequencing appealing and it does not appear to have negative effects on map learning, software developers may wish to consider including it as part of their cartographic display systems

Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Spatial Cognition and Navigation · Artificial Intelligence · Software