2016 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 45-56
Information about the nature and characteristics of streets is useful to strolling tourists. This paper describes the Kansei stroll map that visualizes streetscape impressions. Subjective evaluation experiments firstly quantified the impressions of streetscapes in the city of Kyoto. The impressions from around the city were then visualized using colour and colour density by employing the Kansei structure visualization technique, proposed by the present authors. Each visualization result was combined with a map and the Kansei stroll map was finally implemented on PCs. User studies with eight participants examined its use both in planning routes and walking in the city. The studies suggest that the visualized impressions provided by the stroll map help users to find less-known places and streets that match their interests.
