City maps versus map-based navigation systems: an empirical  approach to building mental representations

Dickmann, Frank

doi:10.1179/1743277411Y.0000000018

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City maps versus map-based navigation systems : an empirical approach to building mental representations

Navigation systems are increasingly taking on the role of classic print maps for orientation in traffic. These electronic aids help to find the right route, but they hardly seem to contribute to spatial learning and thus the formation of long-term orientation knowledge. A practice-oriented efficiency comparison of a print map in form of a conventional city map and a navigation device provides first insights. The empirical results show that taking propositional and analogue spatial information from navigation systems leads to much weaker effects on cognitive mapping.

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Published in:: The cartographic journal
Vol. 49, No. 1 (2012), p. 62-69
Volume:: 49
No.:: 1
Publication date:: 2012
URN:: urn:nbn:de:0307-20250207-003-5
DOI:: 10.1179/1743277411Y.0000000018
Language:: English
Type of Resource:: Text
Extent:: 1 Online-Ressource (14 Seiten, 674,5 kB) : 7 Illustrationen, 1 Tabelle, 1 Textdatei (PDF)
Keywords:: mental maps; mental representation; navigation system; print map; map efficiency; map use; Kognitive Landkarte^GND; Wissensrepräsentation^GND; Navigationssystem^GND; gedruckte Karte; Karteneffizienz; Kartennutzung
DDC subject of DNB:: 520 Astronomy & allied sciences
Link to Context:: https://doi.org/10.1179/1743277411Y.0000000018
Hosting institution:: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Statement of responsibility:: Frank Dickmann
Bibliographic notes:: Postprint
Publications:: The published version (first publication) of this article: Dickmann, F. (2012). City Maps Versus Map-Based Navigation Systems – An Empirical Approach to Building Mental Representations. The Cartographic Journal, 49(1), 62–69. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743277411Y.0000000018 (published online: 22 Nov 2013)