DocumentCode
3279792
Title
Does animation help users build mental maps of spatial information?
Author
Bederson, Benjamin B. ; Boltman, Angela
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
35
Abstract
We 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
Keywords
computer animation; human factors; psychology; user interfaces; visual databases; computer animation; data visualisation; mental maps; spatial information system; task performance time; viewpoint change; Animation; Computer science; Computer science education; Delay; Educational institutions; Electrical capacitance tomography; Humans; Navigation; User interfaces; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Visualization, 1999. (Info Vis '99) Proceedings. 1999 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
1522-404X
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0431-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/INFVIS.1999.801854
Filename
801854
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