Publications

Open Science statement. My most recent first-author publications are linked to an Open Science Framework (OSF) repository with supplemental material such as transparency checklists, code, and data. If you are interested in the material from any older project, contact me and I commit to uploading data and runnable code within 2 weeks.

Journal papers

Krukar, J., Navas Medrano, S., & Schwering, A. (2023). Route effects in city-based survey knowledge estimates. Cognitive Processing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-022-01122-0 [pdf] [OSF]

Krukar, J., van Eek, A., & Schwering, A. (2023). Task-dependent sketch maps. Spatial Cognition & Computation, https://doi.org/10.1080/13875868.2023.2170802 [pdf] [osf]

Manivannan, C., Krukar, J., & Schwering, A. (2022). Spatial generalization in sketch maps: A systematic classification. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101851 [pdf]

Galvão, M. L., Krukar, J., and Schwering, A. (2021). Evaluating schematic route maps in wayfinding tasks for in-car navigation. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 48(5), 449–469. doi: 10.1080/15230406.2021.1943531 [pdf] [OSF] [accompaning app]

Li, H., Mavros, P., Krukar, J., & Hoelscher, C. (2021). The effect of navigation method and visual display on distance perception and cognition in a large-scale virtual building. Cognitive Processing, 1–21. doi: 10.1007/s10339-020-01011-4 [pdf]

Krukar, J., Manivannan, Ch., Bhatt, M., Schultz, C. (2020). Embodied 3D isovists: A method to model the visual perception of space. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(8), 2307–2325. doi: 10.1177/2399808320974533 [pdf] [OSF]

Galvao, M., Krukar, J., Noellenburg, M., & Schwering, A. (2020). Route schematization with landmarks. Journal of Spatial Information Science, 21. doi: 10.5311/JOSIS.2020.21.589 [pdf]

Krukar, J., Anacta, V. J., & Schwering, A. (2020). The effect of orientation instructions on the recall and reuse of route and survey elements in wayfinding descriptions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 68, 101407. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101407 [pdf] [OSF]

Krukar, J., & Dalton, R. C. (2020). How the Visitors’ Cognitive Engagement Is Driven (but Not Dictated) by the Visibility and Co-visibility of Art Exhibits. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00350 [pdf] [OSF]

Loewen, H., Krukar, J., & Schwering, A. (2019). Spatial Learning with Orientation Maps: The Influence of Different Environmental Features on Spatial Knowledge Acquisition. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 8(3), 149. doi: 10.3390/ijgi8030149 [pdf]

von Stuelpnagel, R., & Krukar, J. (2018). Risk perception during urban cycling: An assessment of crowdsourced and authoritative data. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 121(May), 109–117. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.09.009 [pdf]

Ranasinghe, C., Krukar, J., & Kray, C. (2018). Visualizing Location Uncertainty on Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2(1), 1–22. doi: 10.1145/3191762 [pdf]

Schwering, A., Krukar, J., Li, R., Anacta, V. J., & Fuest, S. (2017). Wayfinding Through Orientation. Spatial Cognition & Computation, 17(4), 273–303. doi: 10.1080/13875868.2017.1322597 [pdf]

Krukar, J., Hoelscher, C., & Conroy Dalton, R. (2017). Indoor Wayfinding: Interview with Christoph Hoelscher and Ruth Conroy Dalton. German Journal of Artificial Intelligence (Kuenstliche Intelligenz), 31(2), 185–191. doi: 10.1007/s13218- 016-0483-3 (not peer-reviewed) [pdf]

Krukar, J., Schwering, A., & Anacta, V. J. (2017). Landmark-Based Navigation in Cognitive Systems. German Journal of Artificial Intelligence (Kuenstliche Intelligenz), 31(2), 121–124. doi: 10.1007/s13218-017-0487-7 (editorial to a special issue; not peer-reviewed) [pdf]

Krukar, J. (2014). Walk, look, remember: The influence of the gallery’s spatial layout on human memory for an art exhibition. Behavioral Sciences, 4(3), 181–201. doi: 10.3390/bs4030181 [pdf]

Book chapters

Dalton, R. C., Krukar, J., & Hoelscher, C. (2018). Architectural cognition and behavior. In D. R. Montello (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral and Cognitive Geography (pp. 337–356). doi: 10.4337/9781784717544.00030 [pdf]

Krukar, J., Dalton, R. C., & Hoelscher, C. (2016). Applying HCI Methods and Concepts to Architectural Design (Or Why Architects Could Use HCI Even If They Don’t Know It). In S. N. Dalton, H. Schnaedelbach, M. Wiberg, & T. Varoudis (Eds.), Architecture and Interaction: Human Computer Interaction in Space and Place (pp. 17–35). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-30028-3_2 [pdf]

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

Kim, K. G., Krukar, J., Mavros, P., Zhao, J., Kiefer, P., Schwering, A., Hölscher, C., & Raubal, M. (2022). 3D Sketch Maps: Concept, Potential Benefits, and Challenges. In T. Ishikawa, S. I. Fabrikant, & S. Winter (Eds.), 15th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2022) (Vol. 240, p. 14:1-14:7). Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2022.14 [pdf]

Loewen, H., Krukar, J., & Schwering, A. (2019). Functional Scales in Assisted Wayfinding. In S. Timpf, C. Schlieder, M. Kattenbeck, B. Ludwig, & K. Stewart (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2019) (Vol. 142, pp. 3:1-3:7). doi: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2019.3 [pdf]

Krukar, J., & Van Eek, A. (2019). The Impact of Indoor/Outdoor Context on Smartphone Interaction During Walking. In P. Kyriakidis, D. Hadjimitsis, D. Skarlatos, & A. Mansourian (Eds.), Accepted Short Papers and Posters from the 22nd AGILE Conference on Geo-information Science. Limassol, Cyprus. [pdf]

Krukar, J., Muenzer, S., Loerch, L., Anacta, V. J., Fuest, S., & Schwering, A. (2018). Distinguishing Sketch Map Types: A Flexible Feature-Based Classification. In S. Creem-Regehr, J. Schoening, & A. Klippel (Eds.), Spatial Cognition XI (pp. 279–292). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-96385-3_19 [pdf] [OSF]

Krukar, J., Schwering, A., Loewen, H., Galvao, M., & Anacta, V. J. (2018). Rethinking Wayfinding Support Systems—Introduction. In P. Fogliaroni, A. Bal- latore, & E. Clementini (Eds.), Proceedings of Workshops and Posters at the 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017) (pp. 151–152). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-63946-8_29 (editorial to workshop proceedings) [pdf]

Krukar, J., Schultz, C., & Bhatt, M. (2017). Towards Embodied 3D Isovists. In T. Heitor, M. Serra, J. P. S. M. Bacharel, & L. C. da Silva (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Space Syntax Symposium. Lisbon: Instituto Superior Tecnico. [pdf]

Loewen, H., Schwering, A., Krukar, J., & Winter, S. (2017). Perspectives in Externalizations of Mental Spatial Representations. In A. Bregt, T. Sarjakoski, R. van Lammeren, & F. Rip (Eds.), Societal Geo-innovation. AGILE 2017. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (pp. 111–127). doi: 10.1007/978-3- 319-56759-4_7 [pdf]

Anacta, V. J. A., Humayun, M. I., Schwering, A., & Krukar, J. (2017). Investigating Representations of Places with Unclear Spatial Extent in Sketch Maps. In A. Bregt, T. Sarjakoski, R. van Lammeren, & F. Rip (Eds.), Societal Geo-innovation. AGILE 2017. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (pp. 3–17). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-56759-4_1 [pdf]

Padmanaban, R., & Krukar, J. (2017). Increasing the Density of Local Landmarks in Wayfinding Instructions for the Visually Impaired. In G. Gartner & H. Huang (Eds.), Progress in Location-Based Services 2016 (pp. 131–150). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47289-8_7 [pdf]

Krukar, J., & Conroy Dalton, R. (2013). Spatial Predictors of Eye Movement in a Gallery Setting. In P. Kiefer, I. Giannopoulos, M. Raubal, & M. Hegarty (Eds.), Eye Tracking for Spatial Research, Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop (in conjunction with COSIT 2013) (pp. 14–19). Scarborough, UK. [pdf]

Krukar, J., & Conroy Dalton, R. (2013). Walk, Look, Remember: Art Galleries as Spaces Facilitating Memory. In Y. O. Kim, H. T. Park, & K. W. Seo (Eds.), Proceedings of Ninth International Space Syntax Symposium (pp. 074:1- 19). Seoul: Sejong University Press. [pdf]

Extended abstracts and posters

Schwering, A., and Krukar, J. (2021). A landmark’s role in spatial learning depends on its spatial extent. Cognitive Processing, 22, 28–28.

Krukar, J., Mavros, P., & Hoelscher, C. (2020). Towards capturing focal/ambient attention during dynamic wayfinding. Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, 1–5. doi: 10.1145/3379157.3391417 [pdf]

Dalton, R., Dalton, N., Hoelscher, C., Veddeler, C., Krukar, J., & Wiberg, M. (2020). HabiTech : Inhabiting Buildings, Data & Technology. Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–8. doi: 10.1145/3334480.3375179 [pdf]

Schick, W., Krukar, J., & Schwering, A. (2019). Functional verbal scales in route instructions of wayfinding assistance systems. Speaking of Location (Workshop in conjunction with COSIT 2019). Regensburg, Germany. [pdf]

Schwering, A., Mukhametov, S., Krukar, J. (2018). A Tool for Large-Scale Spatial Behavior Analysis in Indoor Environments. Spatial Cognition 2018, Tuebingen, Germany. [pdf]

Schwering, A., Sahib, J., Krukar, J., Chipofya, M. (2018). Evaluating Sketch Maps Qualitatively: A new Software-Supported Method. Spatial Cognition 2018, Tuebingen, Germany. [pdf]

Muenzer, S., Loerch, L., Schwering, A., Krukar, J., Anacta, V.J. (2018). Wayfinding and Spatial Learning with Navigation Assistance. In The 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Madison, USA.

Loewen, H., Krukar, J., Schwering, A. (2018). How should Orientation Maps look like? The 21th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science: AGILE 2018, Lund, Sweden.

Loewen, H., Krukar, J., Schwering, A. (2018). Towards automatically generating maps for wayfinding and orientation. The 21th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science: AGILE 2018, Lund, Sweden.

Krukar, J. (2017). Cognitively Sustainable Built Environments. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Boston, USA.

Krukar, J., & Schwering, A. (2016). What is Orientation? In T. B. Barkowsky, Z. Falomir Llansola, H. Schultheis, & J. van de Ven (Eds.), KogWis: 13th Biannual Conference of the German Cognitive Science Society (pp. 115–117). Bremen, Germany. [pdf]

Anacta, V., Krukar, J., Humayun, M., & Schwering, A. (2016). Visualizing salient features in spatial descriptions. European Workshop on Image and Cognition (EWIC). Paris, France. [pdf]

Du, G., Lohoff, L., Krukar, J., & Mukhametov, S. (2016). Comparing Two Methods to Overcome Interaction Blindness on Public Displays. Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, 243–244. doi: 10.1145/2914920.2940339

von Stuelpnagel, R., Waechter, L., Holland, N., & Krukar, J. (2016). Subjective Risk Perception in Urban Cycling - Assessing The Validity of Opinion-Based Volunteered Geographic Information. Vulnerable Road Users Symposium at the 57. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen. Heidelberg, Germany.

Krukar, J., & von Stuelpnagel, R. (2015). Adjusting for Cognitive and Spatial Biases of VGI: The Case of Perceived Risks in Urban Cycling. In H. Skov-Petersen (Ed.), Human mobility, cognition and GISc. Copenhagen, Denmark. [pdf]

Conroy Dalton, R. and Krukar, J. (2014; equal contribution). Augmenting Intuitive Navigation at Local Scale. Spatial Search Specialist Meeting. Santa Barbara, USA.

Krukar, J. (2014). Cognitively Biased Agent-Based Models. In B. Emo, K. Al Sayed, & T. Varoudis (Eds.), Design Cognition and Behavior: Usability in the Built Environment. Proceedings of the workshop held at Spatial Cognition 2014 (pp. 4–5). Bremen, Germany. [pdf]

Krukar, J. (2014). Spontaneous Memory of Art Exhibitions: Explanations from Eye-Tracking. In C. Freksa, B. Nebel, M. Hegarty, & T. Barkowsky (Eds.), Spatial Cognition 2014: Poster Presentations (pp. 60–63). Bremen, Germany. [pdf]

Krukar, J., & Conroy Dalton, R. (2012). Towards a Unified Model of Building Usability. 22nd International Association People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference. Glasgow, UK. [pdf]

PhD Thesis

Krukar, J. (2015). The Influence of an Art Gallery’s Spatial Layout on Human Attention to and Memory of Art Exhibits. University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK. [pdf]