The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the methods of cognitive cartography with a focus on the evaluation of cartographic works using eye-tracking.
Requirements on student
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Content
The course will consist of the following topics:
Cognitive cartography and its methods
Methodological aspects of empirical research in cognitive cartography
History and actuial state of eye-tracking research, possibilities of its use
Design of eye-tracking experiments
Algorithms for detection of fixations and saccades
Pre-processing of eye-tracking data
Possibilities of eye-tracking data analysis
The use of GIS tools for visual analysis of eye-tracking data
Statistical evaluation of eye-tracking data
Combination of eye-tracking with other methods