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Incorporating Landmarks in Driver Navigation System Design: An Overview of Results from the REGIONAL Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2005

Andrew J. May ,
Tracy Ross  and
Steven H. Bayer
Andrew J. May
Affiliation:
Loughborough University, UK Email: A.J.May@lboro.ac.uk
Tracy Ross
Affiliation:
Loughborough University, UK Email: A.J.May@lboro.ac.uk
Steven H. Bayer
Affiliation:
Loughborough University, UK Email: A.J.May@lboro.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper presents an overview of results from the two year REGIONAL project. The aims of REGIONAL were to undertake research to enable landmarks to be an integral feature of future vehicle navigation systems. Results from the project, including five empirical road-based trials, are summarised. The main findings were: landmarks were widely used by drivers as key navigation cues; the incorporation of good landmarks within navigation instructions has the potential to considerably enhance vehicle navigation systems; although a wide range of landmarks are potentially useful to a driver, only a limited set, which displayed key characteristics, were consistently effective as navigation cues.

Keywords

NavigationVehicleLandmarksDesign
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 47 - 65
Copyright
2005 The Royal Institute of Navigation

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