Does Animation Help Users Build Mental Maps of Spatial Information?

dc.contributor.authorBederson, Benjamin B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBoltman, Angelaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-31T22:54:51Z
dc.date.available2004-05-31T22:54:51Z
dc.date.created1998-12en_US
dc.date.issued1998-12-18en_US
dc.description.abstractWe examine how animating a viewpoint change in a spatial information system affects a user's ability to build a mental map of the information in the space. We found that animation improves users' ability to reconstruct the information space, with no penalty on task performance time. We believe that this study provides strong evidence for adding animated transitions in many applications with fixed spatial data where the user navigates around the data space. (Also cross-referenced as UMIACS-TR-98-73)en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/984
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTech Reports in Computer Science and Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUMIACS Technical Reportsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUM Computer Science Department; CS-TR-3964en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUMIACS; UMIACS-TR-98-73en_US
dc.titleDoes Animation Help Users Build Mental Maps of Spatial Information?en_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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