Title :
Engineering a human factor-based geographic user interface
Author :
Elvins, T. Todd ; Jain, Ramesh
Author_Institution :
Supercomput. Center, Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
Often applied to spatial data for decision making purposes, GIS is growing rapidly as information technologies find use in new fields. The paper discusses an alternative user interface designed using a formal mathematical model and human factors engineering. It relies on direct manipulation of icons representing spatial and temporal data layers
Keywords :
geographic information systems; graphical user interfaces; human factors; visual databases; GIS; decision making; direct manipulation; formal mathematical model; geographic information system; human factors; icons; information technology; spatial data; spatial data layers; temporal data layers; user interface; Application software; Data engineering; Design engineering; Geographic Information Systems; Humans; Lenses; Mathematical model; Soil; Spatial databases; User interfaces;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
