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Measuring user preferences and behaviour in a topographic immersive virtual environment (TopoIVE) of 2D and 3D urban topographic data

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Pages 1835-1867 | Received 28 Jul 2021, Accepted 17 Sep 2021, Published online: 30 Sep 2021

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