2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 4238 Cognition, Behavior, and Representation II: Navigation and perception is scheduled on Wednesday, 3/25/09, from 10:10 AM - 11:50 AM in Skybox 210, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor Sponsorship(s): Cartography Specialty Group Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography Specialty Group Organizer(s): Sarah Battersby Kirk Goldsberry Chair(s): Kirk Goldsberry Abstract(s):   10:10 AM   Author(s): *Carolyn Fish - Michigan State University Kirk Goldsberry, Ph.D. - Michigan State University  Abstract Title: Quantifying the Influence of Tweening in Animated Maps 10:30 AM   Author(s): *Sarah E Battersby - University of South Carolina  Abstract Title: A user's perspective of panning and zooming tools in digital maps 10:50 AM   Author(s): *Daniel R. Montello, PhD - University of California, Santa Barbara  Abstract Title: A Cognitive Analysis of Geographic Disorientation: Was Columbus Lost? 11:10 AM   Author(s): *Laura Carlson - University of Notre Dame Jared Miller - University of Notre Dame Jeremy Hillyard - University of Notre Dame  Abstract Title: What features define a good landmark? 11:30 AM   Author(s): *Alexander Klippel - GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA  Abstract Title: Category construction of geographic scale movement patterns - Probing contextual influences Session Description: This session is focused on cognitive aspects of geographic research, including theoretical and empirical contributions exploring geovisualization, navigation and wayfinding, cartography, education, and methods specific to cognitive research

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