Wayfinding Through Orientation
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Project Goals
- We develop a scientific understanding of orientation in wayfinding through empirically analyzing what kind of information induces orientation in humans.
- We generate orientation information automatically. Orientation information is different to spatial data stored in geographic information systems, because it does not have a consistent level of generalization, it is schematized and it refers to vernacular, vague places not included in traditional maps.
- New means of communication are developed to integrate orientation instructions into route directions. New maps are required to account for the characteristics of orientation information.
- To evaluate orientation wayfinding, we cannot apply traditional measures such as travel time, but develop new methods to determine the effect of orientation wayfinding on peoples’ ability to solve wayfinding tasks that require orientation and cognitive mapping.
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Publications
2014
Visualising distant off-screen landmarks on mobile devices to support spatial orientation
Li, R.; Korda, A.; Radtke, M.; Schwering, A.
Journal of Location Based Services
2013
2016
What is Orientation?
Krukar J, Schwering A
Orientation information in wayfinding instructions: evidences from human verbal and visual instructions
Anacta, VJA, Schwering, A, Li,R, Muenzer, S
2017
Cognitively Sustainable Built Environments
Krukar Jakub
Indoor Wayfinding: Interview with Christoph Hölscher and Ruth Conroy Dalton
Krukar J, Hölscher C, Conroy Dalton R
Künstliche Intelligenz
Landmark-Based Navigation in Cognitive Systems
Krukar J, Schwering A, Anacta VJ
Künstliche Intelligenz
Wayfinding Through Orientation
Schwering, A. Krukar, J. Li, R. Anacta, V. J. Fuest, S.
Spatial Cognition and Computation
Increasing the density of local landmarks in wayfinding instructions for the visually impaired
Padmanaban R., Krukar J.
Springer International Publishing
Investigating representations of places with unclear spatial extent in sketch maps
Anacta,VJ; Humayun, MI, Schwering,A; Krukar, J
Dynamic Visualization Of Transit Information Using Genetic Algorithms For Path Schematization
Galvao, M.; Ramos, F.; Lamar, M.; Taco, P.
Springer, Cham
Perspectives in externalizations of mental spatial representations
Löwen Heinrich, Schwering Angela, Krukar Jakub, Winter Stephan
Springer International Publishing
Can You Follow Your Own Route Directions: How Familiarity and Spatial Abilities Influence Spatial Performance and Sketch Maps
Li, R, Anacta VJ, Schwering A
Springer International Publishing
Rethinking Wayfinding Support Systems—Introduction
Krukar J, Schwering A, Löwen H, De Lima Galvao M, Anacta VJ
Springer International Publishing
2018
Spatial distribution of local landmarks in route-based sketch maps
A. Anacta Vanessa Joy, Li Rui, Löwen Heinrich, De Lima Galvao Marcelo, Schwering Angela
Towards automatically generating maps for wayfinding and orientation
Löwen Heinrich, Krukar Jakub, Schwering Angela
Distinguishing Sketch Map Types: A Flexible Feature-Based Classification
Krukar J, Münzer S, Lörch L, Anacta VJ, Fuest S, Schwering A
Springer International Publishing
2020
An algorithm for the selection of route dependent orientation information
Löwen Heinrich, Schwering Angela
Journal of Spatial Information Science
The effect of orientation instructions on the recall and reuse of route and survey elements in wayfinding descriptions
Krukar J, Anacta VJ, Schwering A
Journal of Environmental Psychology
Route schematization with landmarks
Galvão Marcelo, Krukar Jakub, Nöllenburg Martin, Schwering Angela
Journal of Spatial Information Science
Embodied 3D isovists: A method to model the visual perception of space
Krukar J, Manivannan C, Bhatt M, Schultz C
2019
Functional Scales in Assisted Wayfinding
Löwen H, Krukar J, Schwering A
Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik
Wayfinding Through Orientation: Schematizing Landmark, Route and Survey Information in a Single Map
Schwering Angela, Galvão Marcelo, Löwen Heinrich, Krukar Jakub, Schick Wiebke
Spatial Learning with Orientation Maps: The Influence of Different Environmental Features on Spatial Knowledge Acquisition
Löwen Heinrich, Krukar Jakub, Schwering Angela
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
2021
Evaluating schematic route maps in wayfinding tasks for in-car navigation
Galvão M, Krukar J, Schwering A
Cartography and Geographic Information Science
2023
Route effects in city-based survey knowledge estimates
Krukar J.; Navas Medrano S.; Schwering A.
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cognitive Processing
Schematizing car routes with their surrounding street network
Galvão M.L.; Krukar J.; Schwering A.
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cartography and Geographic Information Science