Abstract
The study reported below investigated the influence of two different navigation tasks on the design of map displays: 1) route following and alternate route generation in an unfamiliar town. The study examined four different maps: 1) north-up, 2) north-up-wedge, 3) track-up and 4) heading separated. The heading separated map was either north-up or south-up depending upon the orientation most compatible with a driver's current heading. This was intended to provide the advantages of a track-up map while reducing the frequency with which the map orientation changed. An analysis of task-map coherence predicted the compatibility of the route following task with either the track-up map or the heading separated map. The analysis also predicted the compatibility of the alternate route generation task with the heading separated map relative to the track-up map. These predictions were tested using a simulation hosted on an engineering workstation. Convergent measures support the predicted advantages of the heading-separated map.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 882-886 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| State | Published - Oct 1996 |
| Event | 1996 40th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - Philadelphia, United States Duration: Sep 2 1996 → Sep 6 1996 Conference number: 40 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Human Factors and Ergonomics
Disciplines
- Psychology