The article Gender Differences in Spatial Navigation (2007) explains how women tend to use and give instructions with landmarks whereas men tend to use 'Euclidean navigational strategies' i.e. they visualise the entire path.
Most navigation technology shows you an overhead picture with the path mapped out. This is how most men navigate, by keeping the entire path in their head. Women tend to look for landmarks that they recognise to work out where to go next.
I would like to base my interface on this. My idea would involve inputting your destination and then following the checklist of landmarks to get there. I would have photographs of several checkpoints between your current location and desired location with instructions like 'turn left at the vending machine'.
But there would also be a way to change to a map view.I think this system would make it straightforward to get anywhere, even on a campus as complicated at the Kelburn one.
Reference List
Lee,K., & Lee,S., & Kim, B. (2007). Gender Differences in Spatial Navigation. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 1-4, Retrived From: http://www.waset.org/journals/waset/
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