Effects of geometry, landmarks and orientation strategies in the 'drop-off' orientation task

David Peebles; Clare Davies; Rodrigo Mora

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-74788-8_24

Effects of geometry, landmarks and orientation strategies in the 'drop-off' orientation task

David Peebles, Clare Davies, Rodrigo Mora

School of Human and Health Sciences

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Abstract

Previous work is reviewed and an experiment described to examine the spatial and strategic cognitive factors impacting on human orientation in the 'drop-off' static orientation scenario, where a person is matching a scene to a map to establish directional correspondence. The relative roles of salient landmarks and scene content and geometry, including space syntax isovist measures, are explored both in terms of general effects, individual differences between participant strategies, and the apparent cognitive processes involved. In general people tend to be distracted by salient 3D landmarks even when they know these will not be detectable on the map, but benefit from a salient 2D landmark whose geometry is present in both images. However, cluster analysis demonstrated clear variations in strategy and in the relative roles of the geometry and content of the scene. Results are discussed in the context of improving future geographic information content.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Spatial Information Theory - 8th International Conference, COSIT 2007, Proceedings
Editors	Stephan Winter, Matt Duckham, Lars Kulik, Ben Kuipers
Pages	390-405
Number of pages	16
Volume	4736
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74788-8_24
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2007
Event	8th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 19 Sep 2007 → 23 Sep 2007 Conference number: 8

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	4736 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory
Abbreviated title	COSIT 2007
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	19/09/07 → 23/09/07

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Peebles, D., Davies, C., & Mora, R. (2007). Effects of geometry, landmarks and orientation strategies in the 'drop-off' orientation task. In S. Winter, M. Duckham, L. Kulik, & B. Kuipers (Eds.), Spatial Information Theory - 8th International Conference, COSIT 2007, Proceedings (Vol. 4736, pp. 390-405). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4736 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74788-8_24

Peebles, David ; Davies, Clare ; Mora, Rodrigo. / Effects of geometry, landmarks and orientation strategies in the 'drop-off' orientation task. Spatial Information Theory - 8th International Conference, COSIT 2007, Proceedings. editor / Stephan Winter ; Matt Duckham ; Lars Kulik ; Ben Kuipers. Vol. 4736 2007. pp. 390-405 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Peebles, D, Davies, C & Mora, R 2007, Effects of geometry, landmarks and orientation strategies in the 'drop-off' orientation task. in S Winter, M Duckham, L Kulik & B Kuipers (eds), Spatial Information Theory - 8th International Conference, COSIT 2007, Proceedings. vol. 4736, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 4736 LNCS, pp. 390-405, 8th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19/09/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74788-8_24

Effects of geometry, landmarks and orientation strategies in the 'drop-off' orientation task. / Peebles, David; Davies, Clare; Mora, Rodrigo.

Spatial Information Theory - 8th International Conference, COSIT 2007, Proceedings. ed. / Stephan Winter; Matt Duckham; Lars Kulik; Ben Kuipers. Vol. 4736 2007. p. 390-405 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4736 LNCS).

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