Eye Tracking Research in Cartography: Looking into the Future

Abstract

Eye tracking has been served as one of the most objective and valuable tools towards the examination of both map perceptual and cognitive processes. The aim of the present article is to concisely present the contribution of eye tracking research in cartography, indicating the existing literature, as well as the current research trends in the examined domain. The authors discuss the existing challenges and provide their perspectives about the future outlook of cartographic eye tracking experimentation by reporting specific key approaches that could be integrated.

Keywords

• eye tracking
• cartography
• map perception
• visual perception
• visual cognition