Stripe maps: Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches

Dirk Wenig; Johannes Schöning; Rainer Malaka; Brent Hecht

doi:10.1145/2785830.2785862

Stripe maps: Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches

Dirk Wenig, Johannes Schöning, Rainer Malaka, Brent Hecht

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Map applications for smartwatches present new challenges in cartography, a domain in which large display sizes have significant advantages. In this paper, we introduce StripeMaps, a system that adapts the mobile web design technique of linearization for displaying maps on the small screens of smartwatches. Just as web designers simplify multiple column desktop websites into a single column for easier navigation on mobile devices, StripeMaps transforms any two-dimensional route map into a one-dimensional "stripe". Through a user study, we show that this simplification allows StripeMaps to outperform both traditional mobile map interfaces and turn-by-turn directions for pedestrian navigation using smartwatches. In addition to introducing StripeMaps, this paper also has a secondary contribution. It contains the first empirical comparison of different approaches for pedestrian smartwatch navigation and illuminates their pros and cons.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	52-62
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450336529
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2785830.2785862
State	Published - Aug 24 2015
Event	17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2015 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: Aug 24 2015 → Aug 27 2015

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Name	MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

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Other	17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2015
Country	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	8/24/15 → 8/27/15

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Funding Information:
This work was funded in part by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, a Google Faculty Research Award and the National Science Foundation (IIS-0808692). We thank Bram Meerten from Hasselt University who helped us with the implementation of the StripeMaps application and the study.

Keywords

Cartography
Mobile maps
Pedestrian navigation
Smartwatches

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Wenig, D., Schöning, J., Malaka, R., & Hecht, B. (2015). Stripe maps: Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches. In MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (pp. 52-62). (MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/2785830.2785862

Stripe maps : Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches. / Wenig, Dirk; Schöning, Johannes; Malaka, Rainer; Hecht, Brent.

MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. p. 52-62 (MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Wenig, D, Schöning, J, Malaka, R & Hecht, B 2015, Stripe maps: Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches. in MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 52-62, 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8/24/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2785830.2785862

Wenig D, Schöning J, Malaka R, Hecht B. Stripe maps: Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches. In MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2015. p. 52-62. (MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services). https://doi.org/10.1145/2785830.2785862

Wenig, Dirk ; Schöning, Johannes ; Malaka, Rainer ; Hecht, Brent. / Stripe maps : Improving map-based pedestrian navigation for smartwatches. MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. pp. 52-62 (MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services).

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