Title
Route directions generation using visible landmarks
Abstract
The aim of this research is to investigate how to communicate route directions for wayfinding assistance in indoor environments including visible landmarks along the route. We propose an algorithm to automatically generate low level directions, as an XML file, that can be later translated in other languages, e.g., IndoorGML. The most suitable data model is a graph with openings (doors, windows, passages), features and concave corners as nodes, and edges based on geometrical visibility between them. For a given route, the proposed algorithm extracts all the surrounding visible nodes and groups them to simplify subsequent textual instructions. This process is then implemented in a software prototype, \"IndoorNav\", based on an Android device. It uses QRcode scanning for locating user position, calculates the best route to follow, generates low-level route directions, and translates them into textual instructions in the requested language; finally, it shows them to users.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2676528.2676530
ISA@GIS
Keywords
Field
DocType
design,experimentation,portable devices,measurement,wayfinding,location based systems,landmarks,indoor navigation,performance,route directions,artificial, augmented, and virtual realities,android
Computer vision,Graph,Visibility,Android (operating system),XML,Computer science,Software,Artificial intelligence,Location based systems,Data model,Doors
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Davide Russo100.34
S. Zlatanova237750.93
Eliseo Clementini301.01