ABSTRACT

When conveying information about routes to follow in complex environments, human route-givers adapt to route-receivers’ familiarity with the environments in their choice of landmarks. Meanwhile, as route-givers themselves have experienced the environments within a social role, the landmarks they select may also differ significantly. This research investigated how these two factors influence landmark selection when communicating routes in indoor environments. Two groups of participants were recruited to conduct indoor landmark selection experiments for familiar and unfamiliar route-receivers in a multi-functional university building. The results show an interaction effect between these factors in indoor landmark selection. These findings lay an empirical ground for developing human-centered mobile navigation systems that can adapt to users’ social roles and their familiarity with the environment.

摘要

在传达有关复杂环境中要遵循的路线的信息时，人类路线提供者会在选择地标时适应路线接收者对环境的熟悉程度。同时，由于路线提供者本身经历了社会角色中的环境，他们选择的地标也可能有很大不同。本研究调查了这两个因素如何影响在室内环境中通信路线时地标选择。招募了两组参与者，在多功能大学大楼内对熟悉和不熟悉的路线接收者进行室内地标选择实验。结果显示了这些因素在室内地标选择中的交互作用。