Geografie 2018, 123, 353-378

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2018123030353

Eye-tracking analysis of the influence of relief shading on finding labels on tourist maps

Stanislav Popelka

Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Geoinformatics, Czechia

Received November 2017
Accepted June 2018

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