Abstract
In recent years, there has been collected evidence suggesting that increased usage of navigation assistance systems has a harmful effect on spatial cognition, including spatial knowledge acquisition. Previously, we proposed a potential remedy called Free Choice Navigation (simulation study). This novel navigation approach aims to provide the user with more freedom while navigating, and simultaneously give fewer navigation instructions. This approach also aims at increasing engagement with the environment and fostering spatial knowledge acquisition. We conducted a human-subject study with 48 participants comparing Free Choice Navigation with the widespread Turn-by-Turn approach on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria. The study showed the viability of our navigation system in real urban environments, providing fewer navigation instructions compared to the Turn-by-Turn approach (relative to the number of traversed junctions). Fewer instructions and forced engagement with the environment, however, did not result in differences concerning spatial knowledge acquisition, but interestingly, Free Choice Navigation users (without a map) could extract spatial configuration information similarly well as Turn-by-Turn users having a map. Moreover, we provide evidence that people are interested in learning more about their environments and are willing to walk longer routes to achieve it.
Subject
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Computers in Earth Sciences,Geography, Planning and Development
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