• 1. Navigation
  • 1.1. Navigation
    • 1.1.1. What is Navigation?
    • 1.1.2. Why Navigation?
    • 1.1.3. Space Perception
    • 1.1.4. Navigation Tools
    • 1.1.5. Unit-Summary
  • 1.2. Multimedia Navigation
  • 1.3. Thematic Navigation
  • 1.4. Temporal Navigation
  • 1.5. Spatial Navigation
  • 1.6. Self Assessment
  • 1.7. Summary
  • 1.8. Glossary
  • 1.9. Bibliography
  • 1.10. Metadata

1.1.5. Unit-Summary

Navigation describes the process of estimating one's present position based on various tools.

Spatial Perception is the basis for navigation. The four senses which are responsible for space perception are: Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell.

Navigation provide answers to the following questions :

• Where am I?
• Where can I go?
• How will I get there?
• How can I get back to where I once was?

There exist several methods to navigate. In this unit we presented you a few of them. Each method uses different navigation tools.

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