1.5.1. Spatial Navigation on the Internet

Spatial Navigation for the Internet is not really common, because the space on the Internet is only virtual and therefore not visible.

Spatial navigation on the Internet can be seen as follows:

All web pages together build the space. Imagine you use the Google search engine and type a word such as "spatial navigation" in the input bar. The search engine then looks for all files that are about this topic. When you additionally select the button "web pages from Switzerland", as it is shown in the image below, you will receive only the web pages from Switzerland that contain your terms.

Spatial Navigation on the Internet (Google)

We can say that you have zoomed to your preferred topic and to the virtual space of Swiss web pages. You can still zoom closer to the topic by typing in a more specific expression like "Spatial Navigation on the Internet". Even typing in the URL of a specific web page in the address bar of a browser is zooming. You then zoom very close to your topic.

All web pages together build the space

Zoom in means to look for a specific web page or topic