Comparing physical, automatic and manual map rotation for pedestrian navigation

Seager, William; Fraser, Danaë Stanton

doi:10.1145/1240624.1240742

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“…Using integrated compasses embedded within a mobile device, Forward-up maps have helped to ease the challenges of mental rotation by continually keeping the map on a digital device aligned with the direction the device is pointed. Studies have found this greatly improves navigational performance when compared against North-up maps where the map itself is always aligned so that geographic north is pointed towards the top of the map (Hermann et al, 2003;Seager and Fraser, 2007).…”

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A Study of User Perception, Interface Performance, and Actual Usage of Mobile Pedestrian Navigation Aides

Wen

Helton

Billinghurst

2013

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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The proliferation of pedestrian navigation tools has made it challenging for users to avoid being confused and overwhelmed by the choices. Studies comparing mobile pedestrian navigation aides have generally based conclusions on either survey results from separate trials of exclusive interface usage or on performance of the interfaces as judged by the speed with which users are able to complete wayfinding tasks. However, it is not clear if users would mirror their individual trials or find a more strategic mixed-mode approach to using the tools at their disposal when given an option to choose from a set of tools. It is also unclear if users actually care about performance when choosing a navigation tool. We conducted a study to compare actual usage of navigation tools against user perception of the tools and performance with the tools in a series of wayfinding tasks. Results indicate that independent surveys can align well with extreme cases while performance may not actually be a good indicator of usage preferences.

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confidence: 99%

A Study of User Perception, Interface Performance, and Actual Usage of Mobile Pedestrian Navigation Aides

Wen

Helton

Billinghurst

2013

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…It can be countered by physically aligning the map with the environment, as shown in Figure 1. Doing so eases their interpretation [15]. In this paper we investigate a different approach to simplify the interpretation of paper maps.…”

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Supporting map-based wayfinding with tactile cues

Pielot

Henze

Böll

2009

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices and Services

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Paper maps are a proven means for navigating in unfamiliar environments, however, they do not prevent people from getting lost or taking unwanted detours. A well-known issue is interpreting the map's geocentric content, which is known to become prone to errors when the map is not aligned to the environment. In this paper we report our investigation of providing a cue about the destination's location from an egocentric perspective in order to improve the interpretation of the map. We used a vibrotactile belt to continuously indicate a destination's direction relative to the user's orientation. In an outdoor field study we compared the performance of map-based navigation with and without the added tactile cue. We found evidence that people take shorter routes, consult the map less often, and were less often disoriented with the tactile cue. Furthermore, females found the tactile cue more useful and used it more often.

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“…However, this type of map was problematic during this experiment when operators had to attend to a driving camera display and did not have the opportunity to pay constant attention to the map display. Seager and Stanton-Fraser (2007) found this to be true when their experiment demonstrated that users find it difficult to recognize a map that rotates automatically when they are not looking at the map. The addition of a tactile navigation display would alleviate this problem.…”

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Scaling Robotic Displays: Visual and Multimodal Options for Navigation by Dismounted Soldiers

Redden¹,

Pettitt²,

Carstens³

et al. 2009

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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. ii REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGEForm Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)January 2009 ARL-TR-4708 SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release; distribution unlimited. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ABSTRACTThis study investigates the impact of three types of navigation map displays on navigation performance, using Soldiers from the Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, GA. After training to use the TALON Robot system, each Soldier completed navigation exercises using three navigation display configurations: a 6.5 in. split screen display with a driving display on top and a map display on bottom, allowing simultaneous or near simultaneous viewing; a 3.5 in. display in which the Soldier could toggle between the driving and map displays; and a multimodal 3.5 in. display using a tactile belt that transmitted directional information to the Soldier concurrently with the driving camera display (Soldiers could also toggle to the map display to determine TALON's specific location). The terrain, targets, and hazards were counterbalanced to control for the effect of learning. Display configuration and usability for robotic driving were evaluated based on objective performance data, data collector observations, and Soldier questionnaires. Findings indicated that Soldiers navigated equally effectively using the multimodal 3.5 in. and 6.5 in. split screen displays. Their performance with both the multimodal and split screen displays was better than with the 3.5 in. display that required toggling between the driving and map displays.

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Comparing physical, automatic and manual map rotation for pedestrian navigation

Cited by 43 publications

References 11 publications

A Study of User Perception, Interface Performance, and Actual Usage of Mobile Pedestrian Navigation Aides

A Study of User Perception, Interface Performance, and Actual Usage of Mobile Pedestrian Navigation Aides

Supporting map-based wayfinding with tactile cues

Scaling Robotic Displays: Visual and Multimodal Options for Navigation by Dismounted Soldiers

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