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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Studies on the communication of spatial information and navigation with maps

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11480018
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionTokyo Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

WAKABAYASHI Yoshiki  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Geography, Associate Professor, 理学研究科, 助教授 (70191723)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAMAMOTO Toshikazu  Osaka University of Education, Department of Psychololy, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (20200826)
TERAMOTO Kiyoshi  Aichi University of Education, Department of Geography, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40167523)
OKAMOTO Kohei  Nagoya University, Department of Geography, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (90201988)
MURAKOSHI Shin  Shizuoka University, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30210032)
TAKEUCHI Yoshiaki  Aichi University of Education, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40216867)
Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2000
Keywordsmap / GIS / spatial cognition / communication / navigation / sense of direction
Research Abstract

The findings obtained in this research project are summarized as follows :
(1) A questionnaire survey concerning the map use of university students reveals that interest in map is related to not only the type of map used but also the computer literacy.
(2) Examination of the relationship between class interval in choropleth map and information received by the map reader demonstrates that map makers must carefully choose suitable method for cartographic representation by considering the rules of visualization and data processing.
(3) The result of the analysis of the cognitive process of map reading by recording eye movements of map-readers indicates some differences in visual search between experts and novices, implying a top-down nature of the map reading process.
(4) An experiment on the conditions for communicating geographic information and navigation with guide maps shows that performance of map reading and navigation is much affected by map reader's spatial abilities rather than style of the map.
(5) The scores of sense of direction questionnaire (SDQ-S) are closely related to the performance of spatial tasks.
(6) Effectiveness of map use in a new subject of the elementary school in Japan is discussed by considering gender differences of spatial abilities.
(7) A content analysis of the guide maps of United States and Japan shows that their cartographic properties reflect differences in postal address and street system between these countries.

  • Research Products

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] 若林芳樹: "地図を用いた地理情報の伝達とナヴィゲーションの成立条件"地理情報システム学会講演論文集. 10. 171-176 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 若林芳樹: "地理情報科学における「認知論的転回」"理論地理学ノート. 12(印刷中). (2001)

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  • [Publications] 若林芳樹: "地理情報の内なる貯蔵庫としての認知地図"歴史と地理. 533. 23-27 (2000)

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  • [Publications] 竹内謙彰: "ナヴィゲーションのスキル事故評定の探索的研究(1)"愛知教育大学研究報告(教育科学). 51(印刷中). (2002)

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  • [Publications] 石崎研二: "よりよい主題図を作成するために"地理. 44(12). 36-46 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 若林芳樹: "認知地図の空間分析"地人書房. 318 (1999)

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  • [Publications] WAKABAYASHI, Y.: "Necessary conditions for communication of Papers and Proceedings of geographic information and navigation with guide maps"Papers and Proceedings of the Geographic Information Systems Association. Vol. 10. 171-176 (2001)

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  • [Publications] WAKABAYASHI, Y.: ""Cognitive turn" in Geographic Information Science"Notes of Theoretical Geography. No. 12 (in press). (2001)

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  • [Publications] WAKABAYASHI, Y.: "Cognitive map as an internalized storage of geographic information"History and Geography. Vol. 533. 23-27 (2000)

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  • [Publications] TAKEUCHI, Y.: "Factors of navigation skills : I. Reexamination of SDQ-S"Bulletin of Aichi University of Education. Vol. 51 (in press). (2002)

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  • [Publications] ISHIZAKI, K.: "How to make better thematic maps"Chiri. Vol. 44 (No.12). 36-46

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  • [Publications] WAKABAYASHI, Y.: "Spatial Analysis of Cognitive Maps"Chijin-shobo. 318 (1999)

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Published: 2003-09-17  

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