Spatial knowledge acquisition with mobile maps, augmented reality and voice in the context of GPS-based pedestrian navigation: Results from a field test

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-116

  Huang, Haosheng ^a   Schmidt, Manuela ^a   Gartner, Georg ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Field study; GPS based pedestrian navigation; Mobile map; Spatial knowledge acquisition; Voice

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION METHOD; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FIELD TEST; INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE MAPS; PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION; PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SPATIAL LEARNING;

AUGMENTED REALITY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SPEECH;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; GPS; MAP; NAVIGATION; PEDESTRIAN;

EID: 84865787957     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: 15450465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/15230406392107     Document Type: Article

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