Rethinking legibility in the era of digital mobile maps: an empirical study

Ahmadpoor, Negar; Smith, Alastair D.; Heath, Tim

doi:10.1080/13574809.2020.1777847

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“…When asked about an absent symbol on the map, individuals who characterize the map as having poor legibility statistically exhibited prolonged gaze durations and more frequent gazes at symbols that were present. This suggests a correlation between perceived map legibility and users' visual engagement with symbols [39]. The extended and frequent gaze patterns observed in individuals dissatisfied with the map's legibility imply that they may be exerting additional cognitive effort in deciphering symbols due to perceived challenges in map readability.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Measuring Efficiency and Accuracy in Locating Symbols on Mobile Maps Using Eye Tracking

Rymarkiewicz,

Cybulski,

Horbiński

2024

IJGI

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This study investigated the impact of smartphone usage frequency on the effectiveness and accuracy of symbol location in a variety of spatial contexts on mobile maps using eye-tracking technology while utilizing the example of Mapy.cz. The scanning speed and symbol detection were also considered. The use of mobile applications for navigation is discussed, emphasizing their popularity and convenience of use. The importance of eye tracking as a valuable tool for testing the usability of cartographic products, enabling the assessment of users’ visual strategies and their ability to memorize information, was highlighted. The frequency of smartphone use has been shown to be an important factor in users’ ability to locate symbols in different spatial contexts. Everyday smartphone users have shown higher accuracy and efficiency in image processing, suggesting a potential link between habitual smartphone use and increased efficiency in mapping tasks. Participants who were dissatisfied with the legibility of a map looked longer at the symbols, suggesting that they put extra cognitive effort into decoding the symbols. In the present study, gender differences in pupil size were also observed during the study. Women consistently showed a larger pupil diameter, potentially indicating greater cognitive load on the participants.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Measuring Efficiency and Accuracy in Locating Symbols on Mobile Maps Using Eye Tracking

Rymarkiewicz,

Cybulski,

Horbiński

2024

IJGI

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“…However, these errors can be minimized by focusing directional cueing on landmarks that are salient (such as a major city hall) or provided by the user explicitly (Krieger et al, 2020;Tenbrink, 2018). Further, urban planners have recommended tailoring urban design so that it supports mobile map users, by building simple junctions with landmarks that are easily recognizable at intersection corners (Ahmadpoor et al, 2021;Ahmadpoor & Smith, 2020). Based on this research, we suggest a fifth design principle: that navigation systems explicitly cue users to decision-relevant and salient landmarks in the environment.…”

Section: Providing Directions and Spatial Languagementioning

confidence: 95%

Designing mobile spatial navigation systems from the user's perspective: An interdisciplinary review

Ruginski¹,

Giudice²,

Creem-Regehr³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Navigation systems have become increasingly available and more complex over the past few decades as maps have changed from largely static visual and paper-based representations to interactive and multimodal computerized systems. In this introductory article to the Special Issue on Human-computer Interaction, Geographic Information, and Navigation, we review literature across a variety of fields to generate nine design principles to guide future research and development of navigation systems. Specifically, we suggest making mobile navigation systems more accessible and multimodal, which will make the systems more inclusive and usable for all types of users. We also introduce the research articles contributed to the present special issue and suggest future research directions to empirically evaluate emerging and untested features of user-adapted and context-aware mobile navigation systems.

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“…This is where design qualities of significant schemes come under particular scrutiny by, for example, the Design Commission for Wales (Cullingworth et al 2015). Additionally, urban design codes are a tool used by either landowners or local authorities in the UK, which are partly motivated by an exploration into alternative ways the urban design professions can work more cohesively and partly due to the requirement for more effective means of delivering a more sustainable and better designed built environment (Carmona et al 2006;Ahmadpoor et al 2020). A design code is site or area specific (Carmona, 2017), which sets out the threedimensional form of a development and ensures that each section contributes to the intended vision for the wider place (Adams and Tiesdell, 2013;Ahmadpoor and Shahab, 2019).…”

Section: Design Quality Control and Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Post planning-decision process: Ensuring the delivery of high-quality developments in Cardiff

Dickinson

Shahab

2021

Land Use Policy

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Housing development is a lengthy and multi-step process; starting from the initial stages of a planning permission proposal to when a proposal is realised on-site. Each stage seemingly impacts how developments are delivered; however, research is limited into why quality of development has been seen to weaken in the post planning-decision stage (i.e. the stage after a planning permission is granted). This paper uses a case study of Cardiff to explore whether the key stages of the UK development management process could be improved to influence the delivery of high-quality housing developments. Using semi-structured interviews, this paper investigates the perceptions of planning professionals towards the requirement and applicability of improved methods, covering the following issues: a) the role of key actors in influencing outcomes during the development management process; b) the factors hindering implementation of high-quality developments; and c) how involved actors can improve the delivery of housing developments. The findings of the paper show that involved actors principally perceive inadequate local authority resource, limited enforcement powers, and a lack of on-site monitoring to be key hinderances in ensuring developer compliance, which to an extent, has a bearing on the implementation of high-quality developments. Furthermore, a difference in attitudes and knowledge towards development aspirations is uncovered, which reveals to have a considerable influence on the outcome of development quality. However, where resource may be available, some mechanisms are proposed by planning professionals as potential key factors in improving the post planningdecision process.

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Rethinking legibility in the era of digital mobile maps: an empirical study

Cited by 8 publications

References 54 publications

Measuring Efficiency and Accuracy in Locating Symbols on Mobile Maps Using Eye Tracking

Measuring Efficiency and Accuracy in Locating Symbols on Mobile Maps Using Eye Tracking

Designing mobile spatial navigation systems from the user's perspective: An interdisciplinary review

Post planning-decision process: Ensuring the delivery of high-quality developments in Cardiff

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