Löwen, HeinrichSchwering, AngelaSilva, Joel Dinis Baptista Ferreira daPérez Sancho, Vanesa2019-05-062019-05-062019-02-05http://hdl.handle.net/10362/68745Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial TechnologiesGeographic information makes our lives easier through devices such as GPS or drones. Many technical improvements are coming up every day, but the interaction human-computer is sometimes limited. In particular, in the process of moving from the digital world to reality, how people understand this information. In this paper, I investigated what are the different features and relations of features that people include in sketch maps when they are asked to give route directions and what are the reasons for these differences. The research is based on people´s spatial knowledge using data collected among users sketch maps and spatial strategies tests. Our results show that there are differences in the features drawn and that they are related mostly due to environmental reasons. Not relevant differences are found in the spatial relation of features. From the results, it is extracted valuable information that can benefit future researchers and the creation of new navigation devices.engGeographic informationGPSDronesNavigation devicesmaster thesis202230473