The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation

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Autor(a) principal: Korda, Amichai
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11756
Resumo: Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.
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spelling The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientationSmall screen displayLocated off-screenMap interfaceMap displaySmartphoneUser-map interactionDissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.Maps displayed on hand held devices, such as smartphones; provide limited visibility due to their small screen display. In order to overcome display limitations, researchers have developed new techniques that point users to objects and landmarks located off-screen, which is known as an “off-screen interface”. Since this is a new type of map interface, there is little information regarding the effect it has on the user’s perception of the environment and spatial orientation abilities. This thesis investigates the relationship of a map display to the user’s orientation in the environment. A field experiment was conducted in an urban environment, where twenty-four participants were individually guided along an unfamiliar route. All participants were provided with a map displayed on a smartphone, whereas only half were additionally equipped with the off-screen interface. Tasks involving user’s orientation knowledge were preformed along the route and at the end point. In addition, user’s interaction with the map was monitored. Results were compared between the two interface groups and individual difference, such as gender and sense of direction abilities, were taken into account. The results do not indicate a significant difference between the two interfaces in relocation to orientation abilities. However, considerable differences among the interface groups were found with relation to gender and senses of direction. Moreover, a significant difference was found between groups in relation to user-map interaction. Based on the results of this study, a relation between the off-screen map interface and its user’s orientation abilities can be observed.Li, RuiPainho, Marco Octávio TrindadeRamos, FranciscoRUNKorda, Amichai2014-03-20T16:28:02Z2014-01-292014-01-29T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/11756TID:201386046enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T03:46:23Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/11756Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:20:30.902565Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
title The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
spellingShingle The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
Korda, Amichai
Small screen display
Located off-screen
Map interface
Map display
Smartphone
User-map interaction
title_short The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
title_full The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
title_fullStr The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
title_full_unstemmed The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
title_sort The influence of off-screen landmarks on user orientation
author Korda, Amichai
author_facet Korda, Amichai
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Li, Rui
Painho, Marco Octávio Trindade
Ramos, Francisco
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Korda, Amichai
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Small screen display
Located off-screen
Map interface
Map display
Smartphone
User-map interaction
topic Small screen display
Located off-screen
Map interface
Map display
Smartphone
User-map interaction
description Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.
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