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This paper presents results regarding the performance of multidimensional scaling (MDS) when used to create three-dimensional navigation maps. MDS aims at reducing high-dimensional space into low-dimensional landscapes. Combined with browsers which are capable of visualizing three-dimensional object information by applying the conceptual basis of Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), MDS opens new possibilities for cognitive receptive navigation. Web3D, a prototype implementation using MDS, reveals the potential of this idea.
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Schoder, D. (1999). Navigation in Cyberspace Using Multi-Dimensional Scaling to Create Three-dimensional Navigational Maps. In: Gaul, W., Locarek-Junge, H. (eds) Classification in the Information Age. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60187-3_42
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