This research examined two issues. First, it tested whether accurate map position-finding could be performed in a photographically simulated environment. Test subjects were asked to locate map position sites represented by color 35mm slides encompassing a 360-degree panoramic view for the corresponding ground location. Second, it tested if the perspective imparted by the lens type used to photograph the panoramic views had a significant effect on the accuracy of location selection by the subjects. The two lenses tested were a 50mm (normal perspective) lens and a 28mm (moderately wide-angle) lens which distorted distance, but provided a wider field-of-view.
Results indicated that: 1) subjects were able to locate a specific map position by viewing color slides; 2) map position-finding accuracy performance was more dependent on the site itself than on the 35mm slide presentation; and, 3) there appeared to be no significant difference in map position-finding accuracy performance between using views photographed with a 50mm lens and a 28mm lens. / M.S.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/101175 |
| Date | January 1987 |
| Creators | Cox, Allan Bransford |
| Contributors | Geography |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | x, 145 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 17527326 |
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