User Interfaces for Map Algebra
User Interfaces for Map Algebra
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地图代数的用户界面
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1997
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通讯作者：
M. Egenhofer
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作者：
Tom Bruns;M. Egenhofer
Tomlin地图代数的实现在地理信息系统的应用和地理信息系统教育中得到了广泛的应用。虽然它的基本概念易于理解和教授，但它也为地理信息系统分析提供了一个相当强大的框架。地图代数反映了地理信息系统的总体趋势，其中功能增强取代了可用性增强。地理信息系统软件和研究的最新发展也代表了计算机系统的另一种趋势，使系统更容易和更直观地使用。除了功能和性能上的差异外，地图代数产品和原型的主要不同之处在于其用户界面。实现的范围从命令行界面到高级图形用户界面。本文回顾了支撑这些不同地图代数实现的用户界面设计原则，并评估了在各种商业产品和研究原型中所采用的方法。由于地图代数的本质提供了丰富的界面隐喻来源，这些隐喻启发了可视化的、直接操作的用户界面的设计。审查得出的结论是，提供与源域中的操作类似的直接操作的视觉设计，为地理信息系统地图代数提供了高度可用的接口，并假定其他地理信息系统功能组也有类似的回报。
Implementations of Tomlin’s Map Algebra enjoy much popularity in GIS use and GIS education. While its basic concepts are easy to understand and teach, it also provides a fairly powerful framework for GIS analysis. Map Algebra reflects the general trend in GIS, where functional enhancements supersede usability enhancements. Recent developments in GIS software and research are also representative of another trend in computer systems, making systems easier and more intuitive to use. Besides variations in functionality and performance, Map Algebra products and prototypes differ primarily in their user interfaces. Implementations range from commandline interfaces to advanced graphical user interfaces. This paper reviews user interface design principles that underlie these different Map Algebra implementations and assesses the approaches taken in various commercial products and research prototypes. Since the very nature of Map Algebra offers a rich source of interface metaphors, these metaphors inspire the design of visual, direct-manipulation user interfaces. The review concludes that visual designs that afford direct manipulation similar to the operations in the source domain, yield highly usable interfaces for GIS Map Algebra and postulates similar rewards for other GIS functional groups.