A comparison of spatial knowledge acquisition with maps and mobile maps

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-110

  Willis, Katharine S ^a   Hölscher, Christoph ^b   Wilbertz, Gregor ^b   Li, Chao ^c  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maps; Mobile maps; Navigation; Spatial knowledge

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION CHARTS;

DIFFERENT MODES; DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS; EUCLIDEAN; INFORMATION PROVISIONS; LEARNING PHASE; MOBILE MAPS; SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE; TESTING PHASE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

DATA ACQUISITION; GIS; MAPPING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NAVIGATION AID; SPATIAL DATA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 61349127777     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Aslan, I., Schwalm, M., Baus, J., Krüger, A., & Schwartz, T. (2006). Acquisition of spatial knowledge in location aware mobile pedestrian navigation systems. In Proceedings of Mobile HCI 2006, Finland, September 2006 (pp. 105-108).
2. Cheverst K., Davies N., Mitchell K., Friday A., and Efstratiou C. Developing a context-aware electronic tourist guide: Some issues and experiences. CHI 1998 1 (1998) 7-24
3. Chown, E., & Boots, B. (2008). Learning cognitive maps: Finding useful structure in an uncertain world. In: Jefferies, M., & Yeap, A. (Eds.), Robot and cognitive approaches to spatial mapping.
4. Chown E., Kaplan S., and Kortenkamp D. Prototypes, location, and associative networks (PLAN): Towards a unified theory of cognitive mapping. Cognitive Science 19 (1995) 1-51
5. Cohen J. Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. 2nd ed. (1988), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ
6. Couclelis H., Golledge R.G., Gale N., and Tobler W. Exploring the Anchorpoint Hypothesis of Spatial Cognition. Journal of Environmental Psychology 7 2 (1987) 99-122
7. Gaunet F., Vidal M., Kemeny A., and Berthoz A. Active, passive and snapshot exploration in a virtual environment: Influence on scene memory, reorientation and path memory. Cognitive Brain Research 11 3 (2001) 409-420
8. Golledge R.G., Dougherty V., and Bell S. Acquiring spatial knowledge: Survey versus route-based knowledge in unfamiliar environments. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 85 1 (1995) 134-158
9. In: Golledge R. (Ed). Wayfinding behaviour: Cognitive mapping and other spatial processes (1999), John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
10. Graham, C., Cheverst, K., Howard, S., Kjeldskov, J., & Vetere, F. (2004). Trust in mobile guide design: Exploiting interaction paradigms. In Proceedings of OzCHI 2004, November 2004.
11. Hegarty M., Richardson A.E., Montello D.R., Lovelace K., and Subbiah I. Development of a self-report measure of environmental spatial ability. Intelligence 30 (2002) 425-447
12. Held R., and Hein A. Movement produced stimulation in the development of visually guided behavior. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 56 (1963) 872-876
13. Hölscher C., Meilinger T., Vrachliotis G., Brösamle M., and Knauff M. Up the down staircase: Wayfinding strategies and multi-level buildings. Journal of Environmental Psychology 26 4 (2006) 284-299
14. Ishikawa T., Fujiwara H., Imai O., and Okabe A. Wayfinding with a GPS-based mobile navigation system: A comparison with maps and direct experience. Journal of Environmental Psychology 28 (2008) 74-82
15. Johnson M. The body in the mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination and reason (1987), University of Chicago Press, Chicago
16. Johnson A. Plane and geodetic surveying: The management of control networks (2004), Spon Press, London and New York
17. Kjeldskov J., Graham C., Pedell S., Vetere F., Howard S., Balbo S., et al. Evaluating the usability of a mobile guide: The influence of location, participants and resources. Behaviour and Information Technology 24 1 (2005) 51-65
18. Krüger, A., Aslan, I., & Zimmer, H. D. (2004). The effects of mobile pedestrian navigation systems on the concurrent acquisition of route and survey knowledge. In Mobile HCI (pp. 446-450).
19. Levine M., Jankovic I.N., and Palij M. Principles of spatial problem solving. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 111 2 (1982) 157-175
20. Li C. User preferences, information, transactions and location-based services: A study of urban pedestrian wayfinding. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 30 (2006) 726-740
21. Lindberg E., and Gaerling T. Acquisition of different types of locational information in cognitive maps: Automatic or effortful processing. Psychological Research 45 (1983) 19-38
22. In: Meng L., Zipf A., and Winter S. (Eds). Map-based mobile services-design, interaction and usability (2008), Springer
23. Montello D. A new framework for understanding the acquisition of spatial knowledge in large-scale environments. In: Egenhofer M., and Golledge R. (Eds). Spatial and temporal reasoning in geographic information systems (1998), Oxford University Press, New York 143-154
24. Montello D.R., and Freundschuh S.M. Sources of spatial knowledge and their implications for GIS: An introduction. Geographical Systems 2 (1995) 169-176
25. Mou W., and McNamara T.P. Intrinsic frames of reference in spatial memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 28 (2002) 162-170
26. Münzer S., Zimmer H., Schwalm M., Baus J., and Aslan I. Computer-assisted navigation and the acquisition of route and survey knowledge. Journal of Environmental Psychology 26 4 (2006) 300-308
27. Oulasvirta A. The fragmentation of attention in mobile interaction, and what to do with it. Interactions 12 6 (2005) 16-18
28. Oulasvirta A., Kurvinen E., and Kankainen T. Understanding contexts by being there: Case studies in bodystorming. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 7 5 (2003) 125-134
29. Paay, J. (2003). Understanding and modelling physical environments for mobile location aware information services. Mobile HCI 2003 (pp. 405-410). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
30. Parush A., Ahuvia S., and Erev I. Degradation in Spatial Knowledge Acquisition When Using Automatic Navigation Systems. In: Winter S., Duckham M., Kulik L., and Kuipers B. (Eds). Spatial Information Theory. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4736 (2007), Springer-Verlag 238-254
31. Portugali J. The construction of cognitive maps (1996), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht
32. Raper J., Gartner G., Karimi H., and Rizos C. A critical evaluation of location based services and their potential. Journal of Location based Services 1 (2007) 5-45
33. Raubal M., and Egenhofer M. Comparing the complexity of wayfinding tasks in built environments. Environment and Planning B 25 6 (1998) 895-913
34. Richardson A.R., Montello D.R., and Hegarty M. Spatial knowledge acquisition from maps, and from navigation in real and virtual environments. Memory and Cognition 27 (1999) 741-750
35. Shelton A.L., and McNamara T.P. Orientation and perspective dependence in route and survey learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition 30 (2004) 158-170
36. Siegel A.W., and White S.H. The development of spatial representation of large-scale environments. In: Reese H.W. (Ed). Advances in child development and behavior (1975), Academic Press, New York
37. Thorndyke P.W., and Hayes-Roth B. The use of schemata in the acquisition and transfer of knowledge. Cognitive Psychology 11 (1979) 82-106
38. Thorndyke P., and Hayes-Roth B. Differences in spatial knowledge acquired from maps and navigation. Cognitive Psychology 14 (1982) 560-589
39. Tlauka M., and Wilson P.N. Orientation-free representations from navigation through a computer-simulated environment. Environment and Behavior 28 5 (1996) 647-664
40. Tversky, B (1993). Cognitive Maps, Cognitive Collages, and Spatial Mental Models. In COSIT 1993 (pp. 14-24).
41. Wang R.F., and Spelke E.S. Updating egocentric representations in human navigation. Cognition 77 (2000) 215-250