It's also about timing! When do pedestrians want to receive navigation instructions. Issue 1 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Golab, Antonia; Kattenbeck, Markus; Sarlas, Georgios; Giannopoulos, Ioannis
• Is Part Of: Spatial cognition and computation. Volume 22:Issue 1-2(2022)
• Page Start: 74
• Page End: 106
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: navigation -- wayfinding -- instructions -- survival analysis -- timing; Space perception -- Periodicals; Geographical perception -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; 153.752
• DOI: 10.1080/13875868.2021.1942474
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1387-5868

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Despite the increased research interest in wayfinding assistance systems, research on the appropriate point in time or space to automatically present a route instruction remains a desideratum. We address this research gap by reporting on the results of an outdoor, within-subject design wayfinding study ( N = 52 ). Participants walked two different routes for which they requested spoken, landmark-based turn-by-turn route instructions. By means of a survival analysis, we model the points in space at which participants issue such requests, considering personal, environmental, route- and trial-related variables. We reveal different landcover classes (e.g., densely built-up areas) and personal variables (e.g., egocentric orientation and age) to be important, discuss potential reasons for their impact and derive open research questions.