Paper details

Title: Urban Sound Mapping for Wayfinding - A theoretical Approach and an empirical Study

Authors: Eva Nuhn, Kai Hamburger, Sabine Timpf

Abstract: Obtained from CrossRef

Abstract. Conventional navigation systems use visually perceptible landmarks to navigate their users from a starting point to a destination. However, sometimes visual information is not enough for route guidance. Visually-impaired or elderly people may not be able to navigate using the visual sense. Furthermore, there may exist no outstanding (i.e., salient) visual landmarks that could be used to navigate. In such a case auditory information may be a helpful guide. We performed two online studies and a focus-group interview to identify possible sound classes in an urban environment. Based on our results, we gathered sounds in Augsburg and classified them according to their source. The findings support our notion that auditory information can be useful for spatial orientation and guidance in addition to or even replacing visual information.

Codecheck details

Certificate identifier: 2023-001

Codechecker name: Philipp A. Friese

Time of codecheck: 2023-06-13 12:00:00

Repository: https://osf.io/c7vx3

Codecheck report: https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/c7vx3

Summary:

The data of the paper under reproduction is published on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license. In total, three tables, three figures, and two data points embedded into the text are eligible for reproduction. All have been successfully reproduced. The authors showed concern and dedication to support reproducibility of their work. Reproduction was successful.

https://codecheck.org.uk/ | GitHub codecheckers

© Stephen Eglen & Daniel Nüst

Published under CC BY-SA 4.0

DOI of Zenodo Deposit

CODECHECK is a process for independent execution of computations underlying scholarly research articles.