This study examined the accuracy with which Texas coastal residents were able to locate
their residences on hurricane risk area maps provided to them. Overall, only 36% of the …

This paper draws on research from geography and psychology to explain how people learn
and remember both reference and thematic maps. The review describes how prior …

This study analyses the efficiency of symbols in the legends of two comparable published
tourist maps using a symbol comprehension method. Relative effectiveness is assessed with …

Graduated point symbols are viewed as an appropriate choice for many thematic maps of
data associated with point locations. Areal quantitative data, reported by such enumeration …

This paper explores map users' cognitive processes in learning, acquiring and remembering
information presented via screen maps. In this context, we conducted a mixed-methods user …

Animation is an important method of communicating information that lends itself to
cartographic display. Cartographers may be delinquent in their utilization of this technique …

Map perception consists of numerous processes of information processing, taking place
almost simultaneously at different levels and stages which makes it conditioned by many …

Ein Grundsatz der Entwicklungsforschung und-zusammenarbeit ist die Partizipation der
Betroffenen an Entscheidungsprozessen. Dabei kommt es aufgrund unterschiedlicher …

Özet Understanding how our brain copes with complex visual information is a challenge for
both cognitive psychology and cartography. If we pursue to design better and usable maps …

The author describes the properties and mechanisms of visual perception in the context of
their significance to the principles of symbol design as used in cartography. Map perception …