Evaluating the Benefits of Tiled Displays for Navigating Maps
You can read the actual paper here.
Abstract:
Maps are used by almost everyone in society during the
course of their lives. However, when maps are used with
computers they are almost always used with small, low
pixel count displays, such as desktop monitors. We performed
two experiments involving map usage with various
tiled display configurations (one monitor, four monitors,
and nine monitors). The first experiment focused on basic
map navigation tasks and the second experiment focused
on how to maximize the effectiveness of the details-ondemand
interactive technique with large, high pixel count
displays. We conclusively found from the experiments that
finding objects and route tracing in maps was performed on
average twice as fast on the nine monitors as the one monitor.
We also found that participants on the nine monitor
configuration had 70% less mouse clicks, 90% less window
management, and a general accuracy and performance improvement
over the one monitor. This indicates improved
insight for large, high pixel count displays.
You can view the slides presented here.
home
Last changed: March 28, 2006