PERCEPTION OF VARIOUS CARTOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITION
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Chapter aims on problem of testing of human practice of reading and understanding of maps and evaluation of results with the emphasis on externality of the testing process. It means that results cannot be based only on subjective opinions of tested participants. Results of the testing will be used for construction of suitable maps for various situations and at the end there should be software tool which possibly enable creation of some standardized testing sets. Standardized research methodology for exploration of cognitive map reading process is presented. Results are validated by statistical analysis tools using combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. Thoroughgoing insight to the process of perception by different groups of users, allow increasing of map information transmission efficiency importantly during crisis situations. |
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