The design of electronic map displays
Human Factors
Developing a context-aware electronic tourist guide: some issues and experiences
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The evolution of perspective view in WalkMap
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Effects of mobile map orientation and tactile feedback on navigation speed and situation awareness
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Taking shortcuts: embedded physical interfaces for spatial navigation
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Embodied interaction with a 3D versus 2D mobile map
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Getting mobile with mobile devices: using the web to improve transit accessibility
Proceedings of the 2009 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibililty (W4A)
Supporting map-based wayfinding with tactile cues
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
A mobile geo-wand enabling gesture based POI search an user generated directional POI photography
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Enterntainment Technology
TrekWizard: a GIS interface that adds value to a small-screen GPS
Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the New Zealand Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
"How do i line up?": reducing mental transformations to improve performance
HCII'11 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction: design and development approaches - Volume Part I
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
A tactile compass for eyes-free pedestrian navigation
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part II
Augmenting spatial skills with mobile devices
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Understanding auditory navigation to physical landmarks
HAID'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design
Lost in navigation: evaluating a mobile map app for a fair
Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimodal interaction
Classifying users of mobile pedestrian navigation tools
Proceedings of the 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Augmentation, Application, Innovation, Collaboration
Georeferencing in the field using constellations of similar you-are-here maps
BCS-HCI '13 Proceedings of the 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
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It is well-established finding that people find maps easier to use when they are aligned so that "up" on the map corresponds to the user's forward direction. With map-based applications on handheld mobile devices, this forward/up correspondence can be maintained in several ways: the device can be physically rotated within the user's hands or the user can manually operate buttons to digitally rotate the map; alternatively, the map can be rotated automatically using data from an electronic compass. This paper examines all three options. In a field experiment, each method is compared against a baseline north-up condition. The study provides strong evidence that physical rotation is the most effective with applications that present the user with a wider map. The paper concludes with some suggestions for design improvements.