Chorematic Focus Maps
| Type of publication: | Inproceedings |
| Citation: | cosyKLIP04 |
| Booktitle: | Location Based Services \& Telecartography |
| Series: | Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Pages: | 39-44 |
| Publisher: | Technische Universität Wien; Wien |
| Abstract: | This contribution details the combination of two existing approaches on providing graphical route information in a cognitively adequate way: Wayfinding choremes and focus maps. The theory of wayfinding choremes originated from the leitmotif to reflect abstract mental concepts in map-like representations. It is therefore termed the cognitive conceptual approach to map design (Klippel, 2003) and stands in opposition to more frequently used data driven approaches. The second aspect of human cognition reflected in this paper is detailed in Zipf and Richter (2002). They introduced the concept of focus maps. A focus map is designed such that users attention is drawn towards the region of interest. Different degrees of generalization and an effect of fading colors are used to funnel users attention. The region of interest is displayed in full detail while the rest of the map is shown such that it is easily recognized as less important. The combination of these approaches reflects cognitive principles of information processing: the focus on pertinent information and the prototypical representation of functional relevant parts of a decision point. |
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