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Lost in navigation: evaluating a mobile map app for a fair

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Abdallah El AliAuthors Info & Claims

ICMI '12: Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction

Pages 173 - 180

https://doi.org/10.1145/2388676.2388712

Published: 22 October 2012 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes a field study evaluating a mobile map application for the Paris Air Show. The aim of the study was to investigate how well users can navigate (to static and moving targets) and orient themselves in a fair (an unknown environment posing realistic challenges for wayfinding) with a mobile map system. The study involved 14 fair visitors who carried out three navigation tasks, which required them to switch between map navigation and deciding upon their orientation in the physical environment. Our results indicate that navigation and orientation are not as tightly coupled as described in the traditional wayfinding literature and may require different modality approaches to optimally support users. Based on this, we draw design implications on how to balance supporting the user in navigation and orientation with mobile systems without diminishing users' awareness of their surroundings.

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Lost in navigation: evaluating a mobile map app for a fair
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Accessibility
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI
2. Software and its engineering

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ICMI '12: Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction

October 2012

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ISBN:9781450314671

DOI:10.1145/2388676

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Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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University of Twente, Netherlands
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The University of New South Wales, Australia

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De Cock LOoms KVan de Weghe NVanhaeren NDe Maeyer P(2019)User Preferences on Route Instruction Types for Mobile Indoor Route GuidanceISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information10.3390/ijgi81104828:11(482)Online publication date: 25-Oct-2019
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Bauer CMüller MLudwig BHäkkila JOjala T(2016)Indoor pedestrian navigation systemsProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3012709.3012728(75-79)Online publication date: 12-Dec-2016
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