‘Turn right at the Traffic Lights’: The Requirement for Landmarks in Vehicle Navigation Systems

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 499-510

  Burnett, Gary ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Human Factors; Vehicle Navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900415484     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: 14697785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463300001028     Document Type: Article

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