Where do we go from here? An assessment of navigation performance using a compass versus a GPS unit

Cognition, Technology and Work

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-236

  Young, Mark S ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a   Walker, Guy H ^a   Jenkins, Daniel P ^a   Smart, Wes ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compass; GPS; Map; Navigation performance; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MAPS (CM); EXPERT USERS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; GPS TECHNOLOGIES; HUMAN FACTORS INTEGRATION (HFI); MAGNETIC COMPASS; NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; NAVIGATION TASKS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; SPRINGER (CO); TRADITIONAL METHODS; WAY POINTS;

COMPASSES (MAGNETIC); COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ERRORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAPS; MULTITASKING; NAVIGATION; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY;

SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS;

EID: 45749098226     PISSN: 14355558     EISSN: 14355566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-007-0095-7     Document Type: Article

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