Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1	INTRODUCTION
	1.1	Introduction
	1.2	A Concept for Demographic Mapping in Three-Dimensions
CHAPTER 2	LITERATURE REVIEW
	2.1	Visual Variables
		2.1.1 Dynamic Visual Variables
	2.2	Information Visualization
		2.2.1 Information Visualization and Cartography
		2.2.2 Interactive Visualization Tools
	2.3	Virtual Environments
	2.4	Animated Environments
	2.5	Demographic Mapping
	2.6	Maps and Symbology
	2.7	Web Based Virtual Reality
		2.7.1 Virtual Reality Modeling Language
		2.7.2 Alternatives to VRML
		2.7.3 GeoVRML
		2.7.4 VRML Browsers
	2.8	Research
CHAPTER 3	METHODOLOGY
	3.1	Introduction
	3.2	Setting
	3.3	Experimental Base Map
	3.4	Experimental Symbols
	3.5	Experimental Design
	3.6	Task
	3.7	Interface
	3.8	Experimental Procedures
	3.9	Data Collected
CHAPTER 4	ANALYSIS
	4.1	Overview of Data Collected
	4.2	Descriptive Statistics of Participant Estimates
	4.3	Analysis of Variance
		4.3.1 One-Factor Effects
		4.3.2 Two-Factor Interactions
		4.3.3 Three-Factor Interactions
		4.3.4 Four-Factor Interactions
	4.4	Analysis of Estimate Location within Participant Controlled Worlds
		4.4.1 Pre-set Viewpoints
		4.4.2 Participant Controlled Viewpoints
		4.4.3 Discussion
	4.5	Analysis of Time to Make Estimates in Participant Controlled Worlds
		4.5.1 Time to Make Estimates Within Each World
	4.6	General Observations of Experiment
CHAPTER 5	DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
	5.1	Introduction
	5.2	Discussion
	5.3	Limitations of Experiment
	5.4	Conclusion
	5.5	Future Work
APPENDIX A	CORTONA VRML CLIENT NAVIGATION GUIDE
APPENDIX B	AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE
APPENDIX C	VRML WORLDS AS USED IN EXPERIMENT
		Flat Terrain World, Static View
		Flat Terrain World, Pre-Programmed Fly-By
		Flat Terrain World, Participant Controlled
		3D Terrain World, Static View
		3D Terrain World, Pre-Programmed Fly-By
		3D Terrain World, Participant Controlled
		PROTO WhereAmI
APPENDIX D	PARTICIPANT ESTIMATES
APPENDIX E	GRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPANT ESTIMATES BY MAP TYPE, USER INTERACTION AND CYLINDER STATE
APPENDIX F	TIME USED BY PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE ESTIMATES BY WORLD
APPENDIX G	CD-ROM README.TXT
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