Developing and Analyzing an Information System for          Choropleth Maps
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{'SignBlockName': 'Thomas Baerwald'}
Professor Slocum will explore the ways computer-generated maps can      communicate geographic information to map users in ways that printed            maps cannot.  He will first develop an information-oriented software            system that uses separate maps to portray cartographic information,             gives the user access to the data upon which maps are based, and                enables the user selectively to view any of the data classes used to            make each map.  He will then conduct an evaluation of the software by           both cartographically experienced and cartographically naive map users.                 Computer generation offers many mapping options that are difficult      or impossible to achieve with hardcopy maps.  Slocum's research will            increase our understanding of how users interpret one of the most               commonly used mapping techniques.  His work will enable cartographers           to design more effective maps and geographic information systems.
{'FirstName': 'Terry', 'LastName': 'Slocum', 'EmailAddress': 't-slocum@ku.edu', 'StartDate': '08/01/1987', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'University of Kansas Main Campus', 'CityName': 'Lawrence', 'ZipCode': '660457563', 'PhoneNumber': '7858643441', 'StreetAddress': '2385 Irving Hill Road', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Kansas', 'StateCode': 'KS'}
{'Code': '1352', 'Text': 'Geography and Spatial Sciences'}
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