Understanding the user experience of location-based services: Five principles of perceptual organisation applied

Journal of Location Based Services

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-286

  Paay, Jeni ^a   Kjeldskov, Jesper ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Field study; Gestalt theory; Location based services; User experience

Indexed keywords

MOBILE DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTING DISCIPLINES; CONTEXT-AWARE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FIELD STUDY; GESTALT THEORY; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; MOBILE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES; SYSTEM DESIGNS; USER EXPERIENCE;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

EID: 57849109437     PISSN: 17489725     EISSN: 17489733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489720802609328     Document Type: Article

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