Attention-guiding geovisualisation

Abstract

This work tends to enhance the visualisation of relevant geographic information by proposing a conceptual framework for the development of attention-guiding geovisualisation. The main challenge is to stimulate a users decision-making and to reduce the cognitive workload by pro-viding high responsiveness in specific visual brain areas that are involved in visual geographic information processing. Based on theories and research findings in GIScience and cognitive neuropsychology the research basis of this work is formed by combining utility and usability issues of system engineering. The evaluation results of the eye movement recording reveal that the proposed attention-guiding design approach significantly enhances visual geographic information processing and contribute to the overall acceptability of geographic information systems and geovisualisations that are needed for fast and accurate decision-making processes.