MATCHING DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION TO DRIVER NAVIGATION NEEDS : A HUMAN FACTORS PERSPECTIVE

This paper addresses the information needs of a driver when attempting to navigate in the traffic system. The paper seeks to resolve some of the confusion that surrounds the terms: route planning, route guidance and route navigation by providing operational definitions and referring to currently available systems. The central thrust of the paper is to argue that systems need to be developed which are flexible, not generic. The paper describes the means by which varying navigation needs can be met, and relates these to different display media.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1990 Published By: Royal Institute of Navigation, London
• Corporate Authors:

  HUSAT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

  THE ELMS, ELM GROVE
  LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE  United Kingdom  LE11 1RG
• Authors:
  • PARKES, A M
  • Maternaghan, M
• Conference:
  • Royal Institute of Navigation (Great Britain). Conference (1990 : Warwick, England). NAV 90 : land navigation and information systems. Paper no. 53
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: [8] p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Human factors; Route choice; Route guidance
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00772246
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM