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Towards human-centered support for indoor navigation

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Leonardo Ramirez,

Sebastian Denef,

Tobias DyrksAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '09: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1279 - 1282

https://doi.org/10.1145/1518701.1518893

Published: 04 April 2009 Publication History

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This paper presents a new perspective for the design of indoor navigation support. In contrast to technology oriented approaches coming from Context Awareness research, we argue for a wider focus that complements the technical question of providing precise indoor location with the development of more effective navigation practices based on technology available today. Starting from research on indoor navigation conducted with the Paris Fire Brigade, we present two design concepts aimed at supporting firefighters in creating and finding their own paths, together with some of the design strategies that informed the creation of these concepts.

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Towards human-centered support for indoor navigation
1. Human-centered computing
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    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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