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by trekkers, their activity as such and their landmarks for orientation were
identified, for example, “path”, “trail”, “loop”, etc… The word “landmark”
is frequently used by recreational trekkers; that may be explained by their
lack of experience in map reading. They look for landmarks on the map
which are easily identifiable on the terrain. All groups think that graticule
is useless.
2.2.2 Slope Gradient
Slope is one of the most relevant pieces of information for road
cyclists. Slope is not shown on IGN maps but it is implied by the relief
shading and contour lines. Road cyclists complain about the lack of
slope information; this explains why the word “slope” appears fre-
quently in their sub-corpus. Moreover, they frequently used the word
“Michelin” because maps from this publisher indicate the steepness
and direction of the slope with herringbone patterns.
2.2.3 Distance
Trekkers who cover long distances (road cyclists, cross country bikers and
some walking trekkers) need information about the distance of the trails.
This information is not available on IGN maps yet, but it could be useful to
them in choosing a trail.
2.3 The user's tastes
NLP tools ensure making syntactic patterns. In this case, the patterns have
been especially employed to study the verb construction used by every
group to identify the criticisms and expectations of every map user group.
Mood markers that indicate stands (Généreux and Santini 2007; Levin
1993) on cartographical concept or object have been noticed. These markers
can show:
