Cognition In Cartography

Petchenik, Barbara Bartz

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“…With the dawn of experimental cartography (Eckert, 1921(Eckert, /1925Robinson, 1952) and especially since cognitive questions play a greater role in cartography (e.g., Petchenik, 1975;Medyckyj-Scott & Board, 1991;MacEachren, 1995; for an overview see Montello, 2002) map design improved by incorporating a cognitive perspective. However, most cognitively motivated studies focus on the thematic content or the overall design of maps and not on spatial components.…”

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Wayfinding Choremes

Klippel

2003

Spatial Information Theory. Foundations of Geographic Information Science

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Abstract. How can we represent spatial information in maps in a cognitively adequate way? The present article outlines a cognitive conceptual approach that proposes primitive conceptual elements from which maps can be constructed. Based on work in geography that starts with abstract models of geographic phenomena, namely modelisation chorematique by R. Brunet (1980Brunet ( , 1987, we coin primitive conceptual elements of route directions wayfinding choremes. Sketch map drawings were analyzed as they obey the same medial constraints as maps but are constructed in a way that provides insights into human conceptions. A distinction between structural and functional aspects of wayfinding presents a useful method to gain further knowledge about human conceptualizations and leads to a practicable cognitive conceptual approach to map construction.

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Wayfinding Choremes

Klippel

2003

Spatial Information Theory. Foundations of Geographic Information Science

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“…He believed that Western Europe has no monopoly on cartography as a mark of civilization. Children, artists, indigenous societies, and ancient people all make maps (Blaut 1987;Petchenik 1975).…”

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Natural Mapping and Art: A Student's Exploratory Study with J M Blaut

Varanka

2005

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“…Until the 1980s, the focus was mostly on analysing the psychophysical effects triggered by isolated map symbols (for a review, see Montello 2002), but the approach had a large number of critics due to problems with applying the research to practical map design processes (e.g., Petchenik 1975Petchenik , 1983). Research on the perception of individual map symbols and limited comparisons of symbols was done in a general fashion, and at the same time scholars noticed that the problem of understanding a map is far more complex and extensive than previously thought (Petchenik 1975). However, scholars for the most part accepted the value of a user perspective since the opinions of cartography experts alone proved insufficient for developing efficient maps (Hocking and Keller 1992).…”

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A User Study of Experimental Maps for Outdoor Activities

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This article presents results from a user study on experimental maps created for outdoor activities and demonstrates methods suitable for analyzing the map survey data. The first goal of the study was to find out to what degree the experimental maps created for the study satisfy the needs of map users in general. The second was a detailed exploration of opinions on the different map types to look for trends related to age, frequency of map use, or amount of time spent in nature. A third goal was to gauge interest and willingness to pay for experimental maps as printed products. In addition, the article demonstrates how cross-tabulation and correspondence analysis can be used to conduct versatile quantitative analysis and interpret map survey data. The survey results suggest that the conventional topographic-maplike products for outdoor activities currently offered by map publishers should be supplemented by new kinds of maps to attract and educate digital natives to become active map users. At the same time, the quality of information and representation of terrain accessibility on maps for outdoor activities must not be compromised simply to fulfil the broad-based needs of map users. RÉSUMÉCet article présente les résultats d'une étude réalisée par des utilisateurs sur des cartes expérimentales créées en vue d'activités de plein air et fait la démonstration de méthodes qui conviennent à l'analyse de données topographiques. Le premier but de l'étude était de découvrir dans quelle mesure les cartes créées pour l'étude répondaient aux besoins des utilisateurs de cartes en général. Le deuxième but était d'explorer en profondeur les opinions relatives aux différents types de cartes afin d'examiner les tendances en fonction de l'âge, de la fréquence de l'utilisation de la carte ou du temps passé dans la nature. Un troisième but était de mesurer l'intérêt envers des cartes expérimentales imprimées et de déterminer dans quelle mesure on était prêt à payer pour ces cartes. De plus, l'article montre comment la tabulation recoupée et l'analyse des correspondances peuvent servir à réaliser des analyses quantitatives polyvalentes et à interpréter les données topographiques. Selon les résultats de l'étude, il semble que les produits ressemblant à des cartes topographiques conventionnelles qu'offrent actuellement les éditeurs cartographiques pour les activités de plein air devraient être complétés par des cartes nouveau genre afin d'attirer et de renseigner les néophytes numériques pour en faire des utilisateurs actifs des cartes. Par contre, la qualité de l'information et de la représentation de l'accessibilité du territoire sur les cartes destinées aux activités de plein air ne doit pas être sacrifiée dans le seul but de répondre aux besoins fort variés des utilisateurs des cartes.

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Cognition In Cartography

Abstract: health sciences, history THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW utpjournals.press/chr Offering a comprehensive analysis on the events that have shaped Canada, CHR publishes articles that examine Canadian history from both a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective.

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Natural Mapping and Art: A Student's Exploratory Study with J M Blaut

A User Study of Experimental Maps for Outdoor Activities

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