TY  - GEN
TI  - Preliminary Investigations into the Usability of 3D Environments for 2D GIS Users
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
UR  - https://www.gre.ac.uk/ach/services/events/gisruk2016/conference-programme
Y1  - 2016/04/01/
PB  - Greenwich GIS Research Group
N2  - Although the need for 3D GIS is growing, migrating from traditional 2D to 3D GIS can be
frustrating due to the familiarity of users with 2D. This paper describes a preliminary
investigation into the problems that users encounter when migrating from 2D to 3D
environments from a theoretical perspective and via two usability evaluation tests: Cognitive
Walkthrough and User Testing. As expected, the results demonstrate the influence of 2D
perceptions when interacting with 3D GIS and that users experienced more difficulties
interacting in 3D, resulting in lower confidence and satisfaction.
A1  - Lu, Y-T
A1  - Ellul, C
A1  - Skarlatidou, A
CY  - London, UK
T3  - GISRUK 2016
KW  - 3D GIS
KW  -  usability
KW  -  usability evaluation
ID  - discovery10060060
AV  - public
ER  -