A proposal of IndoorGML extended data model for pedestrian-oriented voice navigation system

Abstract

We propose Landmark-Conscious Voice Navigation as one type of a pedestrian navigation system, which navigate users by only voice guidance. It is necessary to standardize data model in order to use this system widely. In a previous paper[1], we constructed a basic voice navigation system, which uses Open Street Map based data model. In this paper, at first, we conduct an experiment of voice navigation at an underground shopping area of Nagoya Station with two types of landmark descriptions. After that, we discuss what data structure is necessary to describe landmark information for voice navigation. Therefore, we propose to extend IndoorGML1.0 by adding landmark space as a new defined data model for voice navigation. The main contribution of this paper is that we conduct an experiment of voice navigation and research how different landmark descriptions affect users; furthermore, we discuss a IndoorGML extended data model for voice navigation.