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Article: Assessing the effectiveness of dynamic symbols in cartographic communication
Title | Assessing the effectiveness of dynamic symbols in cartographic communication |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2004 |
Publisher | Maney Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.maney.co.uk/cartographic.html |
Citation | Cartographic Journal, 2004, v. 41 n. 3, p. 229-244 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The age of the Internet poses new challenges to cartography. While cartographic animation has become a practical alternative, it is mostly used to depict both spatio-temporal and non-temporal changes. The paper concentrates on the use of dynamic symbols on a static base map. A visual test was carried out to obtain some perspectives about the cartographic communication of blinking point and line symbols. The results confirmed that dynamic symbols tended to attract the attention of the users in general and even in situations when the foreground-background contrasts were poor. Their effectiveness was more pronounced with symbols of a larger size but tended to diminish with an increasing number of blinking symbols. It was also observed that users were able to perceive differences in the frequency of flickering, particularly when the variation was large. The line animation method (marquee and grow-out) did not yield a substantial difference in visual responses in the case of blinking line symbols. © The British Cartographic Society 2004. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/89811 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.362 |
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dc.contributor.author | Lai, PC | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Yeh, AGO | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T10:02:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T10:02:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Cartographic Journal, 2004, v. 41 n. 3, p. 229-244 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-7041 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/89811 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The age of the Internet poses new challenges to cartography. While cartographic animation has become a practical alternative, it is mostly used to depict both spatio-temporal and non-temporal changes. The paper concentrates on the use of dynamic symbols on a static base map. A visual test was carried out to obtain some perspectives about the cartographic communication of blinking point and line symbols. The results confirmed that dynamic symbols tended to attract the attention of the users in general and even in situations when the foreground-background contrasts were poor. Their effectiveness was more pronounced with symbols of a larger size but tended to diminish with an increasing number of blinking symbols. It was also observed that users were able to perceive differences in the frequency of flickering, particularly when the variation was large. The line animation method (marquee and grow-out) did not yield a substantial difference in visual responses in the case of blinking line symbols. © The British Cartographic Society 2004. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Maney Publishing. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.maney.co.uk/cartographic.html | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Cartographic Journal | en_HK |
dc.rights | The Cartographic Journal. Copyright © Maney Publishing. | en_HK |
dc.title | Assessing the effectiveness of dynamic symbols in cartographic communication | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0008-7041&volume=41&issue=3&spage=229&epage=244&date=2004&atitle=Assessing+the+Effectiveness+of+Dynamic+Symbols+in+Cartographic+Communication | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Lai, PC: pclai@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Yeh, AGO: hdxugoy@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Lai, PC=rp00565 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Yeh, AGO=rp01033 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1179/000870404X13300 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-13844292788 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 109354 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-13844292788&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 41 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 229 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 244 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000227175300004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lai, PC=7202946446 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Yeh, AGO=7103069369 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 92504 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0008-7041 | - |