Peg hunting: Foraging with macro- and micro-navigation

Matthew J. D'Orazio, Christopher Lueg

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Abstract

Many tools, techniques and devices have been developed to support people traversing their environment. In this paper we report findings from a series of realistic outdoor experiments conducted to understand the comparative, task-specific strengths and limitations of a GPS-enabled navigation map and egocentric navigation systems. These tasks included both macro- and micro-navigation aspects. Our findings suggest that while GPS-enabled navigation maps are preferred for moving over larger distances (macro-navigation), their inability to support micro navigation resulted in a notable decrease in the ability of users to locate their desired points of interest. In contrast to this the egocentric navigation system performs well in micro-navigation but relatively weaker in macro-navigation. We conclude that a better system would allow users to switch between map-based and egocentric views in order to use a GPS system for the macro-navigation, and an egocentric system for micro-navigation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012
Pages89-92
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012 - Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Duration: Nov 26 2012Nov 30 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012

Conference

Conference24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2012
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne, VIC
Period11/26/1211/30/12

Keywords

  • egocentric
  • GPS
  • map
  • mobile HCI
  • navigation
  • navigation map

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Software

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