The Future of Geographic Information Displays from GIScience, Cartographic, and Cognitive Science Perspectives (Vision Paper)

Thrash, Tyler; Lanini-Maggi, Sara; Fabrikant, Sara Irina; Bertel, Sven; Brügger, Annina; Credé, Sascha; Do, Cao-Tri; Gärtner, Georg; Huang, Haosheng; Münzer, Stefan; Richter, Kai-Florian

doi:10.4230/lipics.cosit.2019.19

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“…Our results contradict previous findings that added realism hurts performance, especially for users with low spatial abilities (Hegarty et al, 2009;Wilkening & Fabrikant, 2011). On the other hand, our results are in line with the findings of previous studies that the visualization style does not hinder wayfinders with high-spatial abilities (Hegarty et al, 2009;Kapaj et al, 2021Kapaj et al, , 2023Lanini-Maggi et al, 2021;Thrash et al, 2019;Wilkening & Fabrikant, 2011).…”

Section: Spatial Learningsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…The presence of landmarks as visuospatial cues on navigation map aids is essential for spatial knowledge formation (Ekstrom, 2015;Epstein & Vass, 2014;Ramanoël et al, 2022). Therefore, visualizing navigation-relevant landmarks on mobile maps as 3D buildings with higher visual fidelity compared to less relevant features provides a pedestrian navigator with a more naturalistic depiction of the experienced environment, which in turn facilitates feature identification between the physical world and the mobile map display, and spatial learning (Chrastil & Warren, 2012;Raubal & Winter, 2002;Richter & Winter, 2014;Thrash et al, 2019;Willis et al, 2009). Additionally, users generally prefer fully realistic 3D visualizations, which is attributed to the fact that they provide a more naturalistic representation of the environment and are perceived as recognizable, efficient, intuitive, enjoyable, and fun (Hegarty et al, 2009;Liao et al, 2017;Lokka & Çöltekin, 2019;Oulasvirta et al, 2009;Plesa & Cartwright, 2008).…”

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The influence of landmark visualization style on task performance, visual attention, and spatial learning in a real-world navigation task

Kapaj¹,

Hilton²,

Lanini-Maggi³

et al. 2023

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Humans increasingly rely on mobile maps to facilitate everyday mobility. These omnipresent navigation aids deteriorate spatial learning by captivating users’ attention. Landmarks facilitate spatial learning, yet, how to saliently depict them on mobile maps for guided attention and facilitated visual matching between the map and the environment remains an open question. We conducted a real-world navigation study to assess how 3D landmark visualizations (realistic vs. abstract) influence visual attention and spatial learning. Spatial learning with realistic landmarks improved when wayfinders exhibited shorter fixations on the map. Realistic landmarks also supported spatial learning of low spatial ability wayfinders. Our findings call for landmark depiction on mobile maps that go beyond “one fits all” and is based on human-adaptive design guidelines.

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Section: Spatial Learningsupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of landmark visualization style on task performance, visual attention, and spatial learning in a real-world navigation task

Kapaj¹,

Hilton²,

Lanini-Maggi³

et al. 2023

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“…Designing navigation systems that take into account and adapt to these individual abilities, preferences, and contexts remains a challenge. Several contextual design recommendations have been recently proposed (Thrash et al, 2019), outlined in Table 1. For example, landmarks could be emotionally relevant due to the observer's emotional state or to the emotional valence of the landmark itself (Balaban, Roser, & Hamburger, 2014) and may change performance.…”

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“…Design recommendations for geographic information display (GID) elements based on context. Originally appearing inThrash et al, 2019. …”

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Designing mobile spatial navigation systems from the user's perspective: An interdisciplinary review

Ruginski¹,

Giudice²,

Creem-Regehr³

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Navigation systems have become increasingly available and more complex over the past few decades as maps have changed from largely static visual and paper-based representations to interactive and multimodal computerized systems. In this introductory article to the Special Issue on Human-computer Interaction, Geographic Information, and Navigation, we review literature across a variety of fields to generate nine design principles to guide future research and development of navigation systems. Specifically, we suggest making mobile navigation systems more accessible and multimodal, which will make the systems more inclusive and usable for all types of users. We also introduce the research articles contributed to the present special issue and suggest future research directions to empirically evaluate emerging and untested features of user-adapted and context-aware mobile navigation systems.

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Towards neuroadaptive navigation assistance to reduce spatial de-skilling

Fabrikant

2024

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Maps have been invaluable navigation aids for millennia and thus have been critical for human survival. The increasing popularity of and high dependence on digital, location-aware assistive navigation technology, however, has been shown to divert our attention from the environment and to negatively influence innate spatial abilities. To mitigate this, neuroadaptive mobile geographic information displays (namGIDs) are proposed that respond in real-time to navigators’ cognitive task demands and wayfinder’s situated visuo-spatial attention needs. In doing so, namGIDs may not only help navigators maintain navigation efficiency but more importantly, also continuously scaffold spatial learning. To do this, the proposed navigation assistance must strike the appropriate balance between welcomed mobility efficiency gains while limiting human spatial deskilling. Leveraging neuroadaptive cartography, we can ensure to remain effective navigators, empowered to explore the world with confidence.

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The Future of Geographic Information Displays from GIScience, Cartographic, and Cognitive Science Perspectives (Vision Paper)

Cited by 10 publications

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The influence of landmark visualization style on task performance, visual attention, and spatial learning in a real-world navigation task

The influence of landmark visualization style on task performance, visual attention, and spatial learning in a real-world navigation task

Designing mobile spatial navigation systems from the user's perspective: An interdisciplinary review

Towards neuroadaptive navigation assistance to reduce spatial de-skilling

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