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Wayfinding as a Social Activity [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
We discuss the important, but greatly under-researched, topic of the social aspects of human wayfinding during navigation. Wayfinding represents the planning and decision-making component of navigation and is arguably among the most common, real-world ...
Ruth Conroy Dalton   +2 more
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Wayfinding in Interior Environments: An Integrative Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Wayfinding is an issue in complex facilities—including hospitals, airports, and office buildings—and wayfinding difficulties are associated with negative psychological and physiological consequences.
Saman Jamshidi, Debajyoti Pati
exaly   +4 more sources

Wayfinding in Virtual Reality Serious Game: An Exploratory Study in the Context of User Perceived Experiences

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Extended reality (XR) technologies such as virtual reality (VR) provide a promising alternative for training users through serious games (SGs). VR SGs allow people to train in emergency scenarios and improve their likelihood of survival in high-risk ...
Shafaq Irshad   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Wayfinding Through Orientation [PDF]

open access: yesSpatial Cognition and Computation, 2017
ABSTRACTDominant approaches in computer-assisted wayfinding support adhere to the deeply problematic principles of turn-by-turn navigation. In this article, we suggest a new approach called “Wayfinding Through Orientation,” which supports the acquisition of spatial knowledge and cognitive mapping for advancing the user’s spatial orientation.
Angela Schwering   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Wayfinding [PDF]

open access: yesAMA Journal of Ethics, 2021
This charcoal gesture drawing was inspired by a mid-adolescent nonbinary patient investigates a caregiver's and patient's journey from despair to hope.
Deborah M. Netolicky, Claire Golledge
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Reading the Factors Affecting the Wayfinding Behavior of Urban Tourists Using Meta-Synthesis [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیا و توسعه, 2022
The use of urban routes by tourists is an integral part of tourism in urban spaces, and tourists use urban routes to reach their desired destinations.
Mozhdeh Javanshiri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tours and Maps Operations as Movement Mechanism in Indoor Wayfinding

open access: yesInternational Journal of Technology, 2021
This paper addresses the issue of wayfinding and human movement in a complex building. It focuses on the operations people perform to enable themselves to move from one place to another during the process of searching for a destination in a building.
Triandriani Mustikawati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seamless Wayfinding by a Deafblind Adult on an Urban College Campus: A Case Study on Wayfinding Performance, Information Preferences, and Technology Requirements

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
This article reports on an empirical evaluation of the experience, performance, and perception of a deafblind adult participant in an experimental case study on pedestrian travel in an urban environment. The case study assessed the degree of seamlessness
Martin Swobodzinski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Navigation Aid and Spatial Ability Skills on Wayfinding Performance and Workload in Indoor-Outdoor Campus Navigation: Challenges and Design

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
Wayfinding is important for everyone on a university campus to understand where they are and get to where they want to go to attend a meeting or a class.
Rabail Tahir, John Krogstie
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Planning and Configuration of the Hospital Wayfinding System by Space Syntax: A Case Study of Cheng Ching Hospital, Chung Kang Branch in Taiwan

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
With regard to the outpatient areas of a hospital, the smoothness of the route is now taken into consideration in the process of configuring the wayfinding system.
Ming-Shih Chen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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