Analytical and empirical evaluation of color schemes in temperature maps

Schiewe, Jochen (avtor), Hamann, Kiza (avtor), Petrovič, Dušan (avtor)

The communication of weather and climate phenomena plays an important role in everyday life as well as in current debates. This article focuses on the representation of absolute temperatures in selected temperature maps from media and official sources. Its core objective is to analyze the usability of color schemes. An analytical and an empirical study were conducted to evaluate the usability of the color schemes. Specifically, the intuitive recognition of graphical sequence, association between values and meaning, differentiation of colors, and aesthetics were considered. Special emphasis was placed on users with color vision deficiencies. The studies identified several weaknesses in the color schemes—sometimes with contradictory findings, such as high subjective approval of readability versus poor effectiveness. These conclusions served as the basis for developing a new scheme to be proposed for future use.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: thematic maps, usability, color vision deficiencies, color differentiation, color association
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FGG - Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 125–137
• Številčenje: Vol. 76
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-182928
• UDK: 529.9
• ISSN pri članku: 2524-4965
• DOI: 10.1007/s42489-026-00214-7
• COBISS.SI-ID: 271561731
• Datum objave v RUL: 28.05.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: KN - Journal of cartography and geographic information
• Skrajšan naslov: J Cartogr Geogr Inf
• Založnik: Springer nature, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie
• ISSN: 2524-4965
• COBISS.SI-ID: 184157699

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Naslov: Analytische undempirische Bewertungder Farbschemata in Temperaturkarten
• Ključne besede: tematske karte, uporabnost, motnje barvnega vida, barvno razlikovanje, združevanje barv

Projekti

• Financer: Deal Konsortium
• Naslov: DEAL
• Akronim: DEAL