The influence of gaze history visualization on map interaction sequences and cognitive maps

  • Authors:
  • Ioannis Giannopoulos;Peter Kiefer;Martin Raubal

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Zurich, Switzerland;Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Zurich, Switzerland;Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, Zurich, Switzerland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on MapInteraction
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The restricted spatial context of mobile devices with small displays often makes orientation on mobile maps very difficult. In this paper we highlight and discuss the advantages of a proposed interaction concept called GeoGazemarks that can be used to facilitate orientation by utilizing the history of a user's visual attention as a visual clue. We present novel results of the analyses of interaction sequences and cognitive sketches collected during a user study with 40 participants. In addition, we correlate the increase in efficiency gained by GeoGazemarks with participants' self-reported spatial abilities, revealing significant negative correlations between spatial abilities, time efficiency gain and interaction sequences length.