Interacting with geospatial technology
Auteur : HAKLAY Muki
About the authors.
How to use this book.
Acknowledgements.
SECTION I THEORY.
1 Human-computer interaction and geospatial technologies - context Mordechai (Muki) Haklay and Artemis Skarlatidou).
1.1 Human-computer interaction and usability engineering background.
1.2 Geographic Information Systems and science history.
1.3 Human-Computer Interaction and GIScience research.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
2 Human understanding of space (Clare Davies, Chao (Lily) Li and Jochen Albrecht).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Spatial cognition: screen versus geography.
2.3 Geographic spatial cognition - learning, understanding and recall.
2.4 GIS in the outside environment: matching maps to geography.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
3 Cartographic theory and principles (Catherine (Kate) Emma Jones).
3.1 Principles of cartographic representation.
3.2 Impact of projections on map design.
3.3 Impact of cartographic scale on map design.
3.4 Generalization.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
4 Computer-mediated communication, collaboration and groupware (Mordechai (Muki) Haklay).
4.1 Computer-mediated communication.
4.2 Social dynamics and group decision-making issues.
4.3 Computer Supported Collaborative Work and Groupware (CSCW).
4.4 Principles of collaborative GIS.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
SECTION II FRAMEWORK.
5 User-centred design (Mordechai (Muki) Haklay and Annu-Maaria Nivala).
5.1 Background.
5.2 Principles.
5.3 Applying user-centred design in geospatial technologies.
5.4 Participatory design.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
6 Usability engineering (Mordechai (Muki) Haklay, Artemis Skarlatidou and Carolina Tobón).
6.1 Background.
6.2 Usability engineering and product development process.
6.3 Understanding user requirements and needs.
6.4 Application development.
6.5 Evaluation and deployment.
6.6 Usability engineering in research.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
SECTION III PRACTICALITIES AND TECHNIQUE.
7 Application planning (Jochen Albrecht and Clare Davies).
7.1 GIS interface complexity.
7.2 Task analysis in GIS.
7.3 Formalized analysis of GIS user interfaces.
7.4 User experience considerations.
7.5 Task analysis as the basis for workflow management.
7.6 Geo-scientific workflows and process models.
7.7 Ontologies in support of application planningfor the semantic web.
Summary.
Further reading.
Revision questions.
8 Practical cartography (Catherine (Kate) Emma Jones).
8.1 The role of symbology in map making.
8.2 The role of colour in map making.
8.3 Data classification - types of maps and thematic mapping.
8.4 Mapping conventions - map elements and layout.
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Date de parution : 03-2010
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