Abstract: Atlases are one of the most complex geovisualization environments as they are very information-rich. Within these environments, a well-designed user interface is essential to explore the variety of atlas maps and media. Involving technology-affine digital natives in the interface design process seems self-evident to provide appealing and intuitively usable atlases in the future. In our study, we presented secondary school students (n = 110, age 14–15 years) with five graphical user interface (GUI) mock-ups varying in layout density and tool a...
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Topics: 
Human–computer interaction
World Wide Web