| Summary: | 博士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 地理學系 === 101 === Guiding map possesses apparent purpose and function. Through space syntax, wayfinding surveying, wayfinding questionnaire-short form analysis and mutual authentication, the spatial guide system can be improved in a short time.
From the experimental results, this research concluded that guiding map in the research area needs to follow the basic rule of guiding map design elements. That also includes taking different characteristics in different regions into consideration, and the particular landmarks in the area that the spatial problems often occur must be faithfully represented. This research adapts space syntax, wayfinding experiment and wayfinding questionnaire short-form to understand what spatial problems that people would face, and which solution they would choose in such particular space.
Through the study on the space syntax, we concluded that the research area’s visual penetration is low and the rule of spatial structure is difficult to grasp, also the overall spatial routes is hard to understand. In other words, the research area’s spatial structure is not easy for people to generate a comprehensive understanding. In order to help people to judge the distance and position of the old and new buildings, old buildings should be marked on the map and the map should have the scale of distance clearly labeled. Before all that can be done, people are prone to spatial issues.
And this is exactly what happened during the experiment. With the results of the space syntax analysis, this research uses a certain otorhinolaryngology clinic out-patient area as the destination for the wayfinding experiment. Through wayfinding survey, we found the subjects received insufficient spatial information, and the subjects are using decision-point landmark to decide which route they would take. Then, looking further into the subjects’ deep spatial cognition, through the subjects' cognitive maps, we found that the subjects failed to comprehend neither the spatial arrangements of the area nor the distance scale involved. But, the subjects can drawn the landmarks in sequence correctly. The result showed that the subjects would use landmarks as an important basis in their wayfinding behavior. For further verification on the cognitive map, this study also adapted wayfinding behavior scale to quantify the subject's spatial cognition concept, and the results showed that the subjects cannot effectively estimate the distance from the start to the destination; they highly trust maps above their own sense of direction, and can arrive the destination with the guidance of the map.
Apparently, the findings of this research clearly states that the major function of guiding map is to accentuate information needed in the general public’s wayfinding process, not to represent the precise spatial form. So the design of guiding map is different from traditional map: guiding map emphasizes on the representation of the subject content and explains the content to each individual. Therefore, the designer of guiding map must have the ability to detect and resolve the spatial problem, in addition to the general map designing considerations and requirements. Still, how the map corresponds to the physical space is a major concern, because users must be able to avoid the error of spatial cognition.
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