Mining and interpreting landmark information from online user generated content, and investigating landmark communication modes to augment the navigation experience and construction of an effective mental map.

Researchers: Noa Binski, Checn Shechter, Lijuan Zhang

Examining the possibility of using OpenStreetMap to map spatial data relevant to blind pedestrians, developing a route calculation software for generating walking routes adapted to the needs of blind pedestrians.

Researchers: Achituv Cohen

An investigation into the relationships of the urban space and the corresponding human dynamics, by exploiting the neogeographic paradigm, in which citizens actively and passively collect and disseminate geographic-related data, replacing the conventional limited travel behavior surveys.

Researchers: Lijuan Zhang, Jody Sultan