Your Head Isn't a Spatial Database,...
summary
Argues that mental maps are systematically distorted and distinct from mapped databases, citing that about 80% of college students misplace San Diego west of Reno. Uses mobile probes via a FourSquare client to collect people’s distance and direction estimates, builds a prototype that visualizes a person’s cognitive map vs physical map, and shows those distortions. Prototype aggregates estimates to personalize geo‑services and to nudge learning of local layouts.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:35Welcome
- 1:20Introduction
- 2:05People Get Lost
- 2:35Spatial Information
- 2:50Spatial Knowledge
- 3:35Collecting Spatial Knowledge
- 4:20Map
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