Regional Recognition and Delimitation from Topographic Maps: User Strategies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14714/CP28.687Keywords:
topographic maps, user strategies, regional recognitionAbstract
This is a report from a pilot study conducted with nine geographers to delimit regions on a map they were not familiar with. The participants varied greatly in age and experience. Making notes as the users talked through their thinking provided insight into how such complex maps are read. Experienced geographers with larger geographical vocabularies sought to distinguish salient patterns. No simple relationship could be established between experience and region-dividing strategies. Suggestions are made for expanding such studies.Downloads
Published
1997-09-01
How to Cite
Board, C. (1997). Regional Recognition and Delimitation from Topographic Maps: User Strategies. Cartographic Perspectives, (28), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP28.687
Issue
Section
Featured Articles
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
