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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

11. Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of GPS-Based Pedestrian Navigation

Authors : Haosheng Huang, Manuela Schmidt, Georg Gartner

Published in: Maps for the Future

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

GPS-based pedestrian navigation systems have become more and more popular in recent years. This paper reports a work in progress on investigating the differences of spatial knowledge acquisition with different interface technologies in the context of GPS-based pedestrian navigation. The acquisition of spatial knowledge based on mobile maps, augmented reality, and voice is analysed and compared in a field test in the city centre of Salzburg (Austria). This paper presents the methodology and interprets the results. The results raise some hints for future mobile navigation system development, which might need to consider not only how to effectively assist users’ navigation tasks, but also how these systems affect users’ spatial knowledge acquisition.

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Footnotes
1
The spatial knowledge acquisition test was conducted within a framework including many other tests, in which familiarity was not the only criterion in choosing participants. Therefore, only 24 participant/sub-route pairs were “unfamiliar”.
 
2
The surroundings of each sub-route are characterized by residential and business areas. In addition, the three sub-routes have comparable complexity (in terms of the number of decision points). Therefore, we did not consider sub-routes as a factor when comparing the performance among different navigation conditions, and a one-way ANOVA was used.
 
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Metadata
Title
Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of GPS-Based Pedestrian Navigation
Authors
Haosheng Huang
Manuela Schmidt
Georg Gartner
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Maps for the Future

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-19521-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-19522-8

Copyright Year: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19522-8_11

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