Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation

C.P.J.M. van Elzakker; I. Delikostidis

doi:10.1109/IPCC.2010.5529824

Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation

C.P.J.M. van Elzakker, I. Delikostidis

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This paper deals with the communication of a specific type of information: geographic information. Map displays are the major communication tool, but are nowadays embedded in more complex information systems in which for example, hard- and software, user interfaces, (connections to) databases and other means of communication also play a role. This is demonstrated by a research project directed towards the improvement of mobile geo-applications for pedestrian navigation. In this research a user-centered design methodology has been applied. This paper emphasizes the use, user and usability research that has been executed in the requirement analysis stage of the user-centered design process. So far, this stage has been neglected in the geographic and cartographic information domain. Another problem is that the required user research has not often been executed in the proper field context. Therefore, a unique technical solution for observing the users who are interacting with their pedestrian navigation system, and, at the same time, with their geographic environment, is presented in this paper as well. The current outcome is a conceptual design of a prototype of an improved pedestrian navigation system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Twenty10: IPCC 2010 University of Twente
Subtitle of host publication	Communication in a self-service society: IEEE 2010 International Professional Communication Conference : proceedings, 7-9 July 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	121-130
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-8144-6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-8145-3, 978-1-4244-8143-9 (CD)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2010.5529824
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, IPCC 2010 - University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands Duration: 7 Jul 2010 → 9 Jul 2010

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Conference	IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, IPCC 2010
Abbreviated title	IPCC
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Enschede
Period	7/07/10 → 9/07/10

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van Elzakker, C. P. J. M., & Delikostidis, I. (2010). Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation. In Twenty10: IPCC 2010 University of Twente: Communication in a self-service society: IEEE 2010 International Professional Communication Conference : proceedings, 7-9 July 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands (pp. 121-130). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2010.5529824

van Elzakker, C.P.J.M. ; Delikostidis, I. / Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation. Twenty10: IPCC 2010 University of Twente: Communication in a self-service society: IEEE 2010 International Professional Communication Conference : proceedings, 7-9 July 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2010. pp. 121-130

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van Elzakker, CPJM & Delikostidis, I 2010, Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation. in Twenty10: IPCC 2010 University of Twente: Communication in a self-service society: IEEE 2010 International Professional Communication Conference : proceedings, 7-9 July 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 121-130, IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, IPCC 2010, Enschede, Netherlands, 7/07/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2010.5529824

Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation. / van Elzakker, C.P.J.M.; Delikostidis, I.
Twenty10: IPCC 2010 University of Twente: Communication in a self-service society: IEEE 2010 International Professional Communication Conference : proceedings, 7-9 July 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2010. p. 121-130.

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van Elzakker CPJM, Delikostidis I. Use, user and usability research for mobile geo-applications for personal orientation and navigation. In Twenty10: IPCC 2010 University of Twente: Communication in a self-service society: IEEE 2010 International Professional Communication Conference : proceedings, 7-9 July 2010, Enschede, The Netherlands. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 2010. p. 121-130 doi: 10.1109/IPCC.2010.5529824

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