Interactive Way-Finding: Map Style and Effectiveness

Devlin, Ann Sloan; Bernstein, Jason

doi:10.1006/jevp.1997.0045

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“…These results mirrored Delvin and Bernstein's (1997) kiosk-based wayfinding study, where the level of detail neither enhanced nor decreased performance. However, participants reported a preference for maps with contour information compared to shaded relief and schematic maps (in decreasing order).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Devlin and Bernstein (1997) investigated effects of color, level of detail, label placement of a tourist map for a pier area, taking into account gender, and handedness of users using an interactive wayfinding task in a computer kiosk. In contrast to other studies, Delvin and Bernstein's (1997) findings on color-coding showed that color maps might not be essential to wayfinding as color did not improve or decrease performance. A similar finding was obtained by Garland, Haynes, and Grubb (1979), using bus transit maps, where monochrome maps with fewer details led to similar performance relative to colored maps.…”

Section: Color-coding Of Mapscontrasting

confidence: 72%

“…A schematic map with no contour information is arguably the least cluttered map design compared to contour lines and shaded relief, but does not have any information on the landform of the actual ground. Delvin and Bernstein (1997) found no significant performance differences in level of map detail.…”

Section: Level Of Detailmentioning

confidence: 75%

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Influence of Map Design, Individual Differences, and Environmental Cues on Wayfinding Performance

Soh¹,

Smith‐Jackson²

2004

Spatial Cognition & Computation

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Color-coding Of Mapscontrasting

confidence: 72%

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Influence of Map Design, Individual Differences, and Environmental Cues on Wayfinding Performance

Soh¹,

Smith‐Jackson²

2004

Spatial Cognition & Computation

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“…When maps are used in wayfinding, inconsistent gender differences have been reported. While some studies found that males are more accurate in map-assisted wayfinding (e.g., [16,17]) and map reading skills (e.g., [18][19][20][21]), other studies reported no differences between males and females (e.g., [19,20,22]). For example, Montello, Lovelace, Golledge and Self [22] found that males had a significantly higher accuracy than females in distance estimation but only when using knowledge acquired from traveling the real environment rather than when using map-derived knowledge.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Wayfindingmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Exploratory Study Investigating Gender Effects on Using 3D Maps for Spatial Orientation in Wayfinding

Liao

Dong

2017

IJGI

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3D representations in applications that provide self-localization and orientation in wayfinding have become increasingly popular in recent years because of technical advances in the field. However, human factors have been largely ignored while designing 3D representations in support of pedestrian navigation. This exploratory study aims to explore gender effects on using 3D maps for spatial orientation. We designed a 3D map that combines salient 3D landmarks and 2D layouts, and evaluated gender differences in their performance during direction-pointing tasks by administrating an eye tracking experiment. The results indicate there was no significant overall gender difference on performance and visual attention. However, we observed that males using the 3D map paid more attention to landmarks in the environment and performed better than when using the conventional 2D map, whereas female performance did not show any significant difference between the two types of map usage. We also observed contrary gender differences in visual attention on landmarks between the 3D and 2D maps. While males fixated longer on landmarks than females when using the 3D map, females paid more visual attention to landmarks than males when using the 2D map. In addition, verbal protocols showed that males had more confidence while make decisions. These empirical results can be helpful in the design of map-based wayfinding enhancement tools.

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“…In Hypothesis, the necessary level of flexibility was achieved by the unique connection of slide templates with related slide contents (see Section 2.1), which makes it possible to perform all the necessary modifications of stimuli and correct answers. The varying activities and operations [23,24] performed by research subjects may range from simple visual searches, clicking on target objects [25], and sorting of objects of a single category [26] to more elaborate operations which include optimal route planning, terrain passability investigation [27,28], and even highly complex operations, such as those involving crisis management [29][30][31], agriculture-related decision-making [32], and crime analysis [33]. The unique design of Hypothesis makes it possible to conduct not only "molecular-level" experiments, but also studies focusing on "molar behavior" [34].…”

Section: Application In the Field Of Cognitive Cartographymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Hypothesis Platform: An Online Tool for Experimental Research into Work with Maps and Behavior in Electronic Environments

Šašinka

Morong

Stachoň

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:The article presents a testing platform named Hypothesis. The software was developed primarily for the purposes of experimental research in cartography and psychological diagnostics. Hypothesis is an event-logger application which can be used for the recording of events and their real-time processing, if needed. The platform allows for the application of Computerized Adaptive Testing. The modularity of the platform makes it possible to integrate various Processing.js-based applications for creation and presentation of rich graphic material, interactive animations, and tasks involving manipulation with 3D objects. The Manager Module allows not only the administration of user accounts and tests but also serves as a data export tool. Raw data is exported from the central database in text format and then converted in the selection module into a format suitable for statistical analysis. The platform has many functions e.g., the creation and administration of tasks with real-time interaction between several participants ("multi-player function") and those where a single user completes several tests simultaneously ("multi-task function"). The platform may be useful e.g., for research in experimental economics or for studies involving collaborative tasks. In addition, connection of the platform to an eye-tracking system is also possible.

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Interactive Way-Finding: Map Style and Effectiveness

Cited by 45 publications

References 57 publications

Influence of Map Design, Individual Differences, and Environmental Cues on Wayfinding Performance

Influence of Map Design, Individual Differences, and Environmental Cues on Wayfinding Performance

An Exploratory Study Investigating Gender Effects on Using 3D Maps for Spatial Orientation in Wayfinding

The Hypothesis Platform: An Online Tool for Experimental Research into Work with Maps and Behavior in Electronic Environments

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