Figurative Properties of Visual-Graphical Signifiers in Tactical Planning Over aMap

摘要

This study aims to elucidate the figurative relations between spatialsignificants, such as geographical objects, and the visual-graphical (hand) signifiers that commanders use to designate or generate these significants on a map during a tactical planning task. Specifically, the objective is to specify whether visual-graphical signifiers have a physical property, such as a geometrical form, that reproduces a corresponding property of their significants. This study is part of a broader project aimed at specifying the symbolic (lexical, semantic, and figurative) properties of graphical actions in multimodal dialogues over a map during tactical planning. Knowledge of these properties will be used in the design of multimodal interfaces aimed at recognizing and interpreting such graphical actions. The design of multimodal interfaces is, in turn, part of the development of digitized land forces.