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This technical report describes the advancements on our research on collaborative annotations of maps. Particularly, we are trying to answer the following research question: does making explicit the location references of the elements of a discourse enhance the participant’s understanding and the related problem-solving?

This paper contains recent advancements on the STAMPS project.

Tags: Computer Supported Collaborative Work, controlled experiments, data mining, human communication, human computer interaction, research, research methodology