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Electronic Navigation – Some Design Issues

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Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (Mobile HCI 2003)

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Navigation support will form a critical component of future mobile computing systems. However, the ability of people to navigate in unfamiliar environments can vary substantially. In this paper, it is argued that the current generation of mobile devices and associated software does not adequately support the navigational requirements of a broad segment of users and that alternative strategies and design criteria need to be considered.

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  1. Practice & Research in Intelligent Systems & Media (PRISM), Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

    Corina Sas, Michael O’Grady & Gregory O’Hare

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  1. Corina Sas
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  1. HCI Lab, Dept. of Math and Computer Science, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy

    Luca Chittaro

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Sas, C., O’Grady, M., O’Hare, G. (2003). Electronic Navigation – Some Design Issues. In: Chittaro, L. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Mobile HCI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2795. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45233-1_49

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