Audiovisual communication of object-names improves the spatial accuracy of recalled object-locations in topographic maps.

ABSTRACT: Knowing the correct location of a specific object learned from a (topographic) map is fundamental for orientation and navigation tasks. Spatial reference systems, such as coordinates or cardinal directions, are helpful tools for any geometric localization of positions that aims to be as exact as possible. Considering modern visualization techniques of multimedia cartography, map elements transferred through the auditory channel can be added easily. Audiovisual approaches have been discussed in the cartographic community for many years. However, the effectiveness of audiovisual map elements for map use has hardly been explored so far. Within an interdisciplinary (cartography-cognitive psychology) research project, it is examined whether map users remember object-locations better if they do

SUBMITTER: Lammert-Siepmann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653198 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature