Abstract
Previous research in pedestrian route guidance is mainly focused on presenting a route map on the screen of a PDA. The number of Internet-capable mobile phones is increasing rapidly. They usually have a small display, which cannot show usable maps. This paper presents an alternative way to guide a pedestrian with a mobile phone. An experiment was conducted in order to investigate how simple turn-by- turn route guidance for WAP phone could be provided. The initial results show that the turn-by-turn guidance is easy to learn and an effective way to navigate, especially in city areas. In order to provide efficient route guidance for a pedestrian, route calculation should be optimized for pedestrian needs. Future research should include the use of landmarks in the pedestrian route guidance.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ITS: Transforming the Future |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems |
Publisher | ITS Australia |
Number of pages | 7 |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
Event | 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems - Sydney, Australia Duration: 30 Sept 2001 → 4 Oct 2001 |
Conference
Conference | 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Period | 30/09/01 → 4/10/01 |