Geo-identification and pedestrian navigation with geo-mobile applications: How do users proceed?

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 0, Issue , 2009, Pages 185-206

  Delikostidis, Ioannis ^a   Van Elzakker, Corné P J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geo identification; Landmarks; Mental maps; Smooth zooming; User research methodology

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; NAVIGATION;

GEO MOBILE; GEO-IDENTIFICATION; LANDMARK; MENTAL MAPS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SMOOTH ZOOMING; USER RESEARCH; USER RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84898221339     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87393-8_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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