The Design and Testing of 3DmoveR: an Experimental Tool for Usability Studies of Interactive 3D Maps
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14714/CP90.1411" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.14714/CP90.1411</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14714/CP90.1411" target="_blank" >10.14714/CP90.1411</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Design and Testing of 3DmoveR: an Experimental Tool for Usability Studies of Interactive 3D Maps
Original language description
Various widely available applications such as Google Earth have made interactive 3D visualizations of spatial data popular. While several studies have focused on how users perform when interacting with these with 3D visualizations, it has not been common to record their virtual movements in 3D environments or interactions with 3D maps. We therefore created and tested a new web-based research tool: a 3D Movement and Interaction Recorder (3DmoveR). Its design incorporates findings from the latest 3D visualization research, and is built upon an iterative requirements analysis. It is implemented using open web technologies such as PHP, JavaScript, and the X3DOM library. The main goal of the tool is to record camera position and orientation during a user’s movement within a virtual 3D scene, together with other aspects of their interaction. After building the tool, we performed an experiment to demonstrate its capabilities. This experiment revealed differences between laypersons and experts (cartographers) when working with interactive 3D maps. For example, experts achieved higher numbers of correct answers in some tasks, had shorter response times, followed shorter virtual trajectories, and moved through the environment more smoothly. Interaction-based clustering as well as other ways of visualizing and qualitatively analyzing user interaction were explored.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Cartographic Perspectives
ISSN
1048-9053
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
2018
Issue of the periodical within the volume
90
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
33
Pages from-to
31-63
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85054639075