Getting There and Beyond - Incidental Learning of Spatial Knowledge with Turn-by-Turn Directions and Location Updates in Navigation Interfaces

Explore a 30-minute conference talk from the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction that delves into the incidental learning of spatial knowledge through navigation interfaces. Examine how turn-by-turn directions and location updates in map-based and video-based spatial interfaces affect users' acquisition of route and survey knowledge. Discover the findings from a user study conducted in an indoor environment, which reveal that relative location updates encourage active processing of spatial information, leading to better incidental learning. Compare the effectiveness of map-based interfaces for survey knowledge acquisition versus video-based interfaces for route knowledge. Gain insights into the design trade-offs for navigation interfaces that aim to facilitate spatial knowledge learning while providing turn-by-turn directions.