An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Color Coded Tactical Symbology Applied to Military Maps.

Abstract

This thesis examined the effect of using color coded tactical symbology on military maps. It reviewed the basic aspects of color coding techniques and described a task paced experiment in which conventional monochrome (blue vs. red) coding techniques were compared to multiple color coding. The multicolor coded stimuli used were 5 standard symbols representing Artillery, Armor, Infantry, Mechanized Infantry and Engineers. The symbols were coded red, green, blue, orange and black respectively. The analysis of the data obtained from 20 subjects revealed that performance under multicolor coding condition was significantly superior with respect to response time, accuracy of response and accuracy of location transfer onto a copy of the displayed map. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109675

Entities

People

  • Peter Kafurke

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artillery
  • Color Coding
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Defense Planning
  • Engineers
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Transfer
  • Military Requirements
  • Motor Skills
  • Operations Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Psychology
  • Standards
  • Surveys

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.