• 1. Navigation
  • 1.1. Navigation
  • 1.2. Multimedia Navigation
  • 1.3. Thematic Navigation
    • 1.3.1. Technique and Structure
    • 1.3.2. ...for Web Pages
    • 1.3.3. ...in 2D Maps
    • 1.3.4. Self Assessment
    • 1.3.5. Unit-Summary
  • 1.4. Temporal Navigation
  • 1.5. Spatial Navigation
  • 1.6. Self Assessment
  • 1.7. Summary
  • 1.8. Glossary
  • 1.9. Bibliography
  • 1.10. Metadata

1.3.5. Unit-Summary

Thematic navigation structure can be subdivided into

• Sequential Navigation, which forces the user to browse through intermediate steps before reaching his destination.
• Non-Sequential Navigation, which allows the user to "jump" instantly to a new location.

Sequential navigation structure is mainly used in interactive 2D maps, where it is necessary that a user goes through different steps chronologically. Within web pages it is not convenient to be forced to go through the information step-by-step. Imagine you are looking for specific information and you have to click twenty times to finally reach the wanted location.

Thematic Navigation for Web Pages

As we already told you, sequential navigation is hardly used anymore for web pages. But the non-sequential structure can be subdivided into two subgroups:

• Hierarchic Data Structures
• Network Data Structures.

Thematic Navigation for 2D Maps

Within interactive 2D maps there exist both, sequential and non-sequential structure. The decision of which structure is better for an interactive 2D map depends on the topic and the target of the application.

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