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Cross-cultural differences in figure–ground perception of cartographic stimuli

Authors

STACHOŇ Zdeněk ŠAŠINKA Čeněk ČENĚK Jiří ŠTĚRBA Zbyněk ANGSUESSER Stephan FABRIKANT Sara Irina ŠTAMPACH Radim MORONG Kamil

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Cartography and Geographic Information Science
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2018.1470575
Keywords Cultural differences; map reading; visualization; visual perception; user testing
Description This article reports on an empirical study investigating cultural differences in the visuospatial perception and cognition of qualitative point symbols shown on reference maps. We developed two informationally equivalent symbol sets depicted on identical reference maps that were shown to Czech and Chinese map readers. The symbols varied in visual contrast with respect to the base map. Our empirical results suggest the existence of cultural influences on map reading, but not in the predicted direction based on the previous cross-cultural studies. Our findings stress the importance of considering the cultural background of map readers, especially when designing reference maps aimed for global online use.
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