In this paper, we propose a conceptual framework for assessing the salience of landmarks
for navigation. Landmark salience is derived as a result of the observer's point of view, both …

Turn-by-turn instructions of navigation systems do not fully correspond to the way in which
people typically communicate spatial information to each other. Previous research …

People use salient landmarks when learning a route through a novel environment. However,
it is not clear what makes a given landmark salient. In two experiments, subjects learned a …

Navigation services (eg, in-car navigation systems and online mapping sites) compute
routes between two locations to help users navigate. However, these routes may direct …

The nature of route learning in terms of the memorizing of landmarks was investigated. In
Experiment 1, participants memorized landmarks while being guided through a computer …

While onboard navigation systems are gaining in importance, maps are still the medium of
choice for laying out a route to a destination and for way finding. However, even with a map …

We introduce a new virtual environment (VE) called SQUARELAND, consisting of a 10× 10
block maze, which allows for all kinds of investigations in human wayfinding. It enables …

Route selection is governed by various strategies which often allow minimizing the required
memory capacity. Previous research showed that navigators primarily remember information …

Spatial cognition research has recently made much progress in understanding the cognitive
representations and processes underlying human wayfinding. Many theoretical assumptions …

Wayfinding support is a basic and important location based service. Today, this kind of
service is mostly provided by solidly installed, static means. Of these means maps ideally …