Landscape Preference and Map Readability in Design Evaluation of Topographic Maps with an Orthoimage Background

Raposo, Paulo; Brewer, Cynthia A.

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“…For each group, nine questions were asked based on the main landscape features in the area (Table 3) The effectiveness and efficiency of the image maps were evaluated according to the ISO 9241-11 standard, wherein effectiveness is defined as the accuracy and completeness with which users achieve specified goals, and efficiency as the resources used in relation to the results achieved; such resources include time, human effort, money, and materials (ISO, 2018). These criteria are widely used in map evaluation (Harrie & Stigmar, 2010;Leung & Li, 2002;Liao et al, 2018;Raposo & Brewer, 2014;Schnur, Bektaş, & Çöltekin, 2018;Stigmar & Harrie, 2011).…”

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“…The second involves simplifying the background image in order to enhance the usability of image maps, for example, adjusting their transparency (Hoarau, 2012; Hoarau & Christophe, 2017), adjusting contrast and saturation (Raposo & Brewer, 2011, 2013, 2014), smoothing (Dong, Liao, Roth, & Wang, 2014), and highlighting or de‐emphasizing the image intellectually (Murphy, 2014). This study focuses on the effects of the transparency of background image on the usability of image maps.…”

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“…Bělka and Voženílek (2013) dealt with the definition of an image map and introduced the use of transparency in thematic image maps; the transparency of a displayed layer is an important factor considered in their study. Raposo and Brewer (2014) explored the landscape preferences and map readability in design evaluation for image maps. Murphy (2014) found that higher symbol transparency resulted in the image being seen more clearly.…”

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Exploring the effects of background image transparency on the usability of image maps

Pan

Gong

2021

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Image maps, a compromise between images and maps, are an effective means of harnessing the advantages of realism from images and the high efficiency of interpretation inherent to maps. As satellite images are used as the background, the cartographic design of such maps is quite different from traditional mapping. To make such maps more effective, some investigations have been conducted to reduce the complexity of background images by adjusting their transparency, contrast, and saturation. However, such exploration is not systematically carried out. This study focuses on the influence of the transparency of background image on the usability (i.e., effectiveness and efficiency) of image maps. Extensive experiments were conducted by user studies via an online questionnaire survey. Experimental datasets included image maps with 11 levels of image transparency, at three scales and in nine areas. 1,263 participants took part in this experiment, in which they were asked to distinguish natural and cultural features. It has been found that: (a) the usability of image maps varies with the transparency of background image, mostly with a single peak; and (b) the transparency level corresponding to the peak usability decreases with an increase in background complexity. This provides a guideline for effective use of transparency in image‐map design.

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Exploring the effects of background image transparency on the usability of image maps

Pan

Gong

2021

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“…However, understanding how using symbolic and non-symbolic shapes in the design of a map would affect individuals’ cognitive processing of information is not established in the literature. Many previous studies have reported the single effect of map design on map reading performance (Raposo and Brewer, 2014), but is has been argued that, using the cognitive cartographic approach will create a non-representational approach to map design (Kitchin et al , 2009). This is believed to influence individuals’ ability to construct meaning from map symbols (Fernández and Buchroithner, 2014), thus resulting in different performance outcomes (Demaj and Field, 2012).…”

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Effects of map design characteristics on users’ search performance and cognitive load

Al-Samarraie

Eldenfria

Price

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the influence of map design characteristics on users’ cognitive load and search performance. Two design conditions (symbolic vs non-symbolic) were used to evaluate users’ ability to locate a place of interest. Design/methodology/approach A total of 19 students (10 male and 9 female, 20-23 years old) participated in this study. The time required for subjects to find a place in the two conditions was used to estimate their searching performance. An electroencephalogram (EEG) device was used to examine students’ cognitive load using event-related desynchronization percentages of alpha, beta and theta brain wave rhythms. Findings The results showed that subjects needed more time to find a place in the non-symbolic condition than the symbolic condition. The EEG data, however, revealed that users experienced higher cognitive load when searching for a place in the symbolic condition. The authors found that the design characteristics of the map significantly influenced users’ brain activity, thus impacting their search performance. Originality/value Outcomes from this study can be used by cartographic designers and scholars to understand how certain design characteristics can trigger cognitive activity to improve users' searching experience and efficiency.

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“…Granö's publications -also in the Germanspeaking region. The publication of "Pure Geography" (Granö & Paasi, 1997;Paasi, 1997;Golledge, 1998) (Raposo & Brewer, 2014) In this context it has, however, to be mentioned that the insights and ideas of the Finn date back to the 1920s whereas the publications of the others about the mentioned features stem from times half a century later.…”

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Johannes Gabriel Granö and his Cartography- Oriented Landscape Research. A Reviewing Appreciation

Helm¹,

Buchroithner²

2018

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The present article shall bring to mind the extraordinary stimuli given by Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882Granö ( -1956) to international landscape research through his exceptionally wide spectrum of studies. It begins with his expeditions into the Altai Mountains and to Northwestern Mongolia at the beginning of the 20th century and his multifaceted publications about their results -also in difficult times -like in 1945.

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Landscape Preference and Map Readability in Design Evaluation of Topographic Maps with an Orthoimage Background

Cited by 14 publications

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Exploring the effects of background image transparency on the usability of image maps

Exploring the effects of background image transparency on the usability of image maps

Effects of map design characteristics on users’ search performance and cognitive load

Johannes Gabriel Granö and his Cartography- Oriented Landscape Research. A Reviewing Appreciation

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