[STATSGRASS] Fwd: Map Comparison...

[Scott W Mitchell]

Dear Stats/GRASS community members,

Since R and GRASS are being used in the project described below, and 
many of you will be interested in similar things, I hope you will find 
my forwarding of this message appropriate:

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ferko*Csillag <fcs at geog.utoronto.ca>
> Date: Thu Apr 24, 2003  12:41:13 Canada/Eastern
>

> Subject: Map Comparison...
> Reply-To: Ferko*Csillag <fcs at geog.utoronto.ca>
>
>
> Do you work with visualizations of georeferenced data in the form of 
> maps,
> images, sections through 3-dimensional material, or similar types of
> representation? Do you ever have occasion to compare two or more of 
> these
> visualizations with the intention of determining if they are 
> "different"
> in some way?  If so, we need your help.
>
> As part of the background for a research project funded by the GEOIDE
> Network (http://www.geoide.ulaval.ca/), we are attempting to identify
> which characteristics of georeferenced data people use to determine if
> there is a difference between representations of a given phenomenon.  
> We
> anticipate that the characteristics used, as well as their relative
> importance, will depend on many variables including those relating to
> features of the data, the analyst, and the context in which the 
> comparison
> is made.  In order to help us identify the relevant characteristics, we
> would like to learn the views of a wide range of those who undertake 
> such
> comparisons.
>
> With this in mind, we invite you to take a simple map comparison test 
> that
> can be found at the project website
>
> http://eratos.erin.utoronto.ca/fcs/PRES/2MAPS/2maps_index.html
> (click on TEST).
>
> It should take about 20 minutes to complete the test.
>
> Feel free to forward this message and we apologize if you receive 
> multiple
> copies.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Ferko Csillag (Department of Geography, University of Toronto)
> fcs at geog.utoronto.ca
> Barry Boots (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
> Wilfrid Laurier University)
> bboots at wlu.ca

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Scott W. Mitchell						
Department of Geography					
University of Toronto at Mississauga	
3359 Mississauga Road					
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6