Transportation Expertise

Route-Guidance/Navigation Systems

A route-guidance system uses maps, arrows, and/or a voice interface to provide drivers turn-by-turn guidance to a destination. UMTRI has conducted extensive research on the method used to enter destinations (voice, manually), the format of information on displays, test procedures for evaluating displays and systems as a whole, methods for calculating task completion time, and many other issues. UMTRI researchers drafted the SAE procedures for navigation interface evaluation (SAE Recommended Practices J2364 and J2365).