@inproceedings{8f26d853776b499b9d64f14e8d4a4706,
title = "The card sorting method for map symbol design",
abstract = "Here, we describe the potential utility of the card sorting method for structuring and refining map symbol sets. Card sorting has been proposed as a method for delineating categories by researchers and practitioners in a variety of disciplines due to its ability to identify and explicate real or perceived structures in an information space; however, there is little reported application of card sorting within Cartography. To span this gap, we offer a framework that prescribes the appropriate methodological parameters for card sorting according to the stage in the design process and the goals of the study. We then illustrate the utility of card sorting for Cartography by describing a closed sorting study we conducted on the ANCI INCITS 415-2006 emergency mapping symbol standard. Our approached helped us identify several barriers to using the symbol standard, including areas of conceptual overlap among the categories in the standard, potentially missing categories from the standard, and individual symbols in the standard that are consistently misclassified.",
keywords = "Ansi Incits 415-2006, Card sorting, Emergency mapping, Map design, Map symbology, Symbol standards, Usability engineering, User-centered design, ITC-CV",
author = "R.E. Roth and B.G. Finch and J.I. Blanford and A. Klippel and A.C. Robinson and A.M. MacEachren",
year = "2010",
month = nov,
language = "English",
series = "International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives",
publisher = "International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)",
booktitle = "Geospatial Data and Geovisualization 2011",
note = "Special Joint Symposium of ISPRS Commission IV and AutoCarto 2010 ; Conference date: 15-11-2010 Through 19-11-2010",
}