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Pedestrian navigation aids: information requirements and design implications

journal contribution
posted on 2006-05-24, 10:43 authored by Andrew MayAndrew May, Tracy RossTracy Ross, Steven H. Bayer, Mikko Tarkiainen
Recent years have seen an increased interest in navigational services for pedestrians. To ensure that these services are successful, it is necessary to understand the information requirements of pedestrians when navigating, and in particular, what information they need and how it is used. A requirements study was undertaken to identify these information requirements within an urban navigation context. Results show that landmarks were by far the most predominant navigation cue, that distance information and street names were infrequently used, and that information is used to enable navigation decisions, but also to enhance the pedestrian's confidence and trust. The implications for the design of pedestrian navigation aids are highlighted.

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  • Design

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Citation

MAY, A. ... et al, 2003. Pedestrian navigation aids: information requirements and design implications. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing , 7(6), pp. 331-338

Publisher

© Springer-Verlag

Publication date

2003

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This is Restricted Access. The article was published in the journal, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing [© Springer-Verlag] and is available at: http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1617-4909.

ISSN

1617-4909

Language

  • en