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标题：Effects of Positioning Aids on Understanding the Relationship Between a Mobile Map and the Environment
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作者：Juho Kässi ; Christina M. Krause ; Janne Kovanen 等
期刊名称：Human Technology
印刷版ISSN：1795-6889
电子版ISSN：1795-6889
出版年度：2013
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：92-108
DOI：10.17011/ht/urn.201305211724
语种：English
出版社：University of Jyv?skyl?
摘要：Positioning technologies such as GPS enable mobile map applications to display a symbol representing an estimation of a user's location on a mobile map, therefore acting as a positioning aid. Previous research on the cognitive processes involved in map reading suggests that map readers need at least two map–environment points (objects that are visualized on the map and perceived in the environment) for determining their location on a map. Hence, the positioning aid alone does not provide enough information for self-location. Using a field experiment, we assessed the effect of representing the user's location on a map on the cognitive processes involved in self-location. The results show that positioning aids guide the search for map–environment points and narrow the area on the map that must be scanned for self-location.