Abstract
This study addressed the issue of collaborative navigation by examining the types of information communicated in the processes of direction giving and receiving between people who guided each other simultaneously to a destination over the cell phone in a novel environment. When paired with a partner whose sense of direction differed greatly from their own, people found the collaboration difficult and took a longer time to verbally direct the partner to the destination. Landmarks that people used in giving navigational instructions differed depending on sense of direction. People with a good sense of direction adjusted route directions to their partners' wayfinding ability. Results from a detailed qualitative analysis of participants' verbal protocols and implications for personalized navigation tools are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 285-307 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Spatial Cognition and Computation |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- collaboration
- landmarks
- navigational instructions
- route directions
- sense of direction
- wayfinding
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modelling and Simulation
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design