Gandy

2008 Landscape and Urban Planning

Advanced traveler information systems: Bringing environmental information to recreational driving

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Abstract
ATIS (advanced traveler information systems)
developed & tested a spatically aware data system; asserts data are underutilized
“Rillings and Betsold (1991) define advanced traveler information systems as those vehicle
features which assist the driver with planning, perception, analysis and decision making to
improve the convenience and efficiency of travel. This definition is in line with that of the Battelle
Human Factors Transportation Center (BHFTC), who in 1990 compiled what is still the most
comprehensive literature review of the ATIS research area (Kantowitz et al., 1997).
The literature review classified 1000+ articles into 5 classes of
ATIS’s (Lee et al., 1997). These five categories were:
1. In-Vehicle Routing and Navigation Systems (IRANS).
2. In-Vehicle Motorist Services Information Systems (IMSIS).
3. In-Vehicle Safety Advisory and Warning Systems
(IVSAWS).
4. In-Vehicle Signing Information Systems (ISIS).
5. Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) specific functions.”
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presents model, on left side, of how the geographic/spacial location could trigger social and historical
information that is played in the vehicle and takes advantage of the GPS within the vehicle itself

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used a computer immersion based system

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in order to build the narrative, you have to have the information about the area; also, where and how do
you want to limit the number of narratives?

Meitner et al 2005 instruction comprehension

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experiment tested to see if users preferred one type of data over another out of the 6 options

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Mtns & rivers most favored source
people & places had small but highly dedicated listenership

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listeners preferred spatial as opposed to aspatial renditions of the same information
Kantowitz, B.H., Lee, J.D., Kantowitz, S.C., 1997. Development of Human Factors
Guidelines for AdvancedTraveler Information Systems and Commercial
Vehicle Operations: Definition and Prioritization of Research Studies (No.
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Lee, J.D., Morgan, J., Wheeler, W.A., Hulse, M.C., Dingus, T.A., 1997. Development
of Human Factors Guidelines for Advanced Traveler Information
Systems and Commercial Vehicles: Atis and cvo Functional Description (No. FHWA-RD-95-201). Federal Highway
Administration, Washington,
DC.

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Vehicular Technol. 40 (1.).