A note on the Relationship between Spatial Recognition and Behavior while Walking in the City

Kaori Ito,Yuri Fujita,Yusuke Sakurai,Andrew Burgess

doi:10.5194/ica-abs-1-141-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-1-141-2019

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Abstract

Abstract. The experience of walking in the city has changed since the diffusion of smartphones with communication and GNSSbased navigation technologies. Accordingly, user's recognition of geographical space has also been changed; McCullough and Collins (2018) suggest that less spatial knowledge is gained while using GNSS-equipped devices while way-finding than by using paper maps or no tools at all; Ishikawa et al. (2008) suggest that GNSS-based navigation device users make larger direction errors and produce sketch maps with poorer topological accuracy after way-finding.This study focuses on information gathering, decision-making and recognition of geographical space while ‘strolling’ in the city with a smartphone. This abstract describes the outline of the experiment and early stages of the analysis, especially relationships between spatial recognition through sketch maps and behavior while walking.

Highlights

This study focuses on information gathering, decision-making and recognition of geographical space while ‘strolling’ in the city with a smartphone
Causal relationships are not clear, the results imply that those who have a lower sense of direction and use smartphone map applications more frequently while walking tend to recognize the physical environment locally along their routes without geographical context
Those who travelled longer times and visited more places tend to locate their routes in geographical context

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Introduction

This study focuses on information gathering, decision-making and recognition of geographical space while ‘strolling’ in the city with a smartphone. The average travel time was 124 minutes. The average number of places they visited was 5.4.

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