{"pk":25875,"title":"Creating You-Are-Here Maps: Mapping location and orientation using\nphotographs","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Difficulty in interpreting and using spatial information from You-Are-Here maps (YAH maps specify a viewer’s\nlocation and orientation) stems from a misalignment between one’s physical orientation and the map’s orientation. The current\nresearch investigates the relationship between the participant’s physical location and orientation in accurately placing the\nlocation and orientation of another individual onto a map – essentially creating a YAH map for another individual. The other\nindividual’s location and orientation was conveyed to the participant using a photograph. The photographs were of highly\nfamiliar building facades from around campus, which were oriented towards the cardinal directions. This research reveals how\nthe participant’s location and orientation interacts with the photographer’s location and orientation, given the properties of the\nenvironment. Task performance was related to individual difference factors, such as self-assessed sense-of-direction, gender,\nfamiliarity with photographed locations, and the spatial reference frame used by the participant.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Member Abstracts","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3r59r94d","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Heather","middle_name":"","last_name":"Burte","name_suffix":"","institution":"Tufts University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25875/galley/15499/download/"}]}