Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction for Geographic Information Systems

1. User Interfaces

   1. The Natural Representation of Mapping and Surveying Data: Applying the Virtual Worlds Paradigm

      • Robert Jacobson

      Pages 239-246

2. Back Matter

   Pages 145-145

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3. Cross-Cultural Influences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-248

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   2. Cultural Differences and Cultural Aspects in Geographical Information Systems

      • Irene Campari, Andrew Frank

      Pages 249-266

   3. Protocol Analysis for Cross-Cultural GIS Design: The Importance of Encoding Resolution

      • Michael D. Gould

      Pages 267-284

4. Collaborative GIS — Computer Supported Cooperative Work

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-286

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   2. Understanding Collaborative Use of GIS through Social Cognition

      • François Golay, Timothy L. Nyerges

      Pages 287-294

   3. Geographic Interaction in the City Planning Context: Beyond the Multimedia Prototype

      • Michael J. Shiffer

      Pages 295-310

   4. Cognitive Task Performance Using a Spatial Decision Support System for Groups

      • Timothy L. Nyerges

      Pages 311-324

5. Back Matter

   Pages 286-286

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6. Task Analysis and Design Methodologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-326

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   2. Tasks and Task Descriptions for GIS

      • Clare Davies

      Pages 327-341

   3. A Conceptual Framework for Improving Human-Computer Interaction in Locational Decision-Making

      • Marc P. Armstrong, Paul J. Densham

      Pages 343-354

   4. A Task Analysis Approach to the Visualization of Geographic Data

      • Loey Knapp

      Pages 355-371

   5. Geographic Information Systems, Work Analysis, and System Design

      • Jens Rasmussen

      Pages 373-391

   6. Cognitive Ergonomics Analysis Methodology

      • Andrew G. Turk

      Pages 393-403

7. Back Matter

   Pages 325-326

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8. Research Directions: Reports from the Discussion Groups

   1. Research Directions: Reports from the Discussion Groups

      • Timothy L. Nyerges, James D. Orrell III, Matthew J. Barry

      Pages 405-427

9. Back Matter

   Pages 429-435

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A significant part of understanding how people use geographic information and technology concerns human cognition. This book provides the first comprehensive in-depth examination of the cognitive aspects of human-computer interaction for geographic information systems (GIS). Cognitive aspects are treated in relation to individual, group, behavioral, institutional, and cultural perspectives. Extensions of GIS in the form of spatial decision support systems and SDSS for groups are part of the geographic information technology considered.
Audience: Geographic information users, systems analysts and system designers, researchers in human-computer interaction will find this book an information resource for understanding cognitive aspects of geographic information technology use, and the methods appropriate for examining this use.

• GIS
• Geoinformationssysteme
• decision support system
• human-computer interaction (HCI)
• information
• information system
• spatial decision support system

• Department of Geography, DP-10, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  Timothy L. Nyerges

• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

  David M. Mark

• Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes d’Information, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

  Robert Laurini

• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Department of Spatial Information Science and Engineering, Department of Computer Science, University of Maine, Orono, USA

  Max J. Egenhofer

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