A Study on the Navigation System for User’s Effective Spatial Cognition- With Emphasis on development and evaluation of the 3D Panoramic Navigation System-

Abstract: We live in the day of information Society and the seeking of the information is very important in these days. The designer’s role is to give the suitable information to the right person in proper time most effectively and efficiently. However, because of getting too much information, information-users often feel like “lost in cyber space.” Like a cyber space, people get information to find a right way and get lost in real world. Problem solving is the goal of design. So finding and suggesting the new method from existing studies for navigation is meaningful. So this study, which is based on the studies about existing navigation literature, user cognition, and spatial cognition, found problems in navigation, which are spatial cognition, representation gaps, load of memory and the problem of control. To solve these problems, this study suggested some solutions, which are providing 3D experience & multiple views, proper quantity of information, point-by-point navigation and tool for affordance and suggested the new navigation method in concrete. The ideas give the images applying the panoramic view at any crossing points for effective spatial cognition and provide immersive views, fly-over views and map view for spatial cognition by 3D experience. In case of external aids, this study suggested the map interaction tool by electromagnetic induction for efficient 3D navigation. For development of navigation system, the existing technologies about VR and interaction tools were studied. After that electromagnetic induction technology for interacting with map was adopted. Finally the special lens for collectin