Visualising distant off-screen landmarks on mobile devices to support spatial orientation

Journal of Location Based Services

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 166-178

  Li, Rui ^a   Korda, Amichi ^b   Radtke, Maurin ^b   Schwering, Angela ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

landmarks; mobile devices; off screen; spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MOBILE COMPUTING;

COGNITIVE MAPPING; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; LANDMARKS; MOBILE SCREENS; ROUTING SERVICES; SENSE OF DIRECTIONS; SPATIAL AWARENESS; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84912143823     PISSN: 17489725     EISSN: 17489733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489725.2014.978825     Document Type: Article

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