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The spatial configuration of local climate zones reveals effects on wayfinding in human walking. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
The importance of easy wayfinding in complex urban settings has been recognized in spatial planning. Empirical measurement and explicit representation of wayfinding, however, have been limited in deciding spatial configurations.
Ping Yu Fan, Kwok Pan Chun, Mou Leong Tan, Daphne Ngar-Yin Mah, Ana Mijic, Graham Strickert, Omer Yetemen   +6 more
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Enhancing the digital adoption in healthcare built environments: a framework for a therapeutic user-based wayfinding system [PDF]

Frontiers in Medical Technology
The efficacy of wayfinding systems in healthcare settings holds significant implications for many users, including patients, visitors, and healthcare professionals.
Yasmin Garcia-Sterling, Karim Farghaly, Michael Pitt   +2 more
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Reading the Factors Affecting the Wayfinding Behavior of Urban Tourists Using Meta-Synthesis [PDF]

جغرافیا 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, Toktam Hanaee, Seyed Moslem Seyedolhosseini, Sanaz Saeedi   +3 more
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Tours and Maps Operations as Movement Mechanism in Indoor Wayfinding

International 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, Yandi Andri Yatmo, Paramita Atmodiwirjo   +2 more
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Seamless Wayfinding by a Deafblind Adult on an Urban College Campus: A Case Study on Wayfinding Performance, Information Preferences, and Technology Requirements

Frontiers 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, Amy T. Parker, Julie D. Wright, Kyrsten Hansen, Becky Morton   +4 more
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Impact of Navigation Aid and Spatial Ability Skills on Wayfinding Performance and Workload in Indoor-Outdoor Campus Navigation: Challenges and Design

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

Applied 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, Andrew Perkis, Waleed Azam   +2 more
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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

ISPRS 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, Yao-Tsung Ko, Wen-Che Hsieh   +2 more
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Enhancing Wayfinding Performance in Existing Healthcare Facilities Using Virtual Reality Environments to Revise the Distribution of Way-Showing Devices

Buildings, 2022
Wayfinding is the process of navigating the environment by using the available environmental cues. The issue of wayfinding difficulty in large healthcare facilities has grabbed the attention of many researchers in terms of its potential taxing effects on
Ammar Al-Sharaa, Mastura Adam, Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin, Ameer Alhasan, Riyadh Mundher, Omar Zaid   +5 more
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A User-Centered Evaluation of Wayfinding in Outpatient Units of Public Hospitals in Malaysia: UMMC as a Case Study

Buildings, 2022
The difficulty of finding one’s way in a complex structure has been a long-standing issue of many buildings with highly institutionalized functions.
Ammar Al-Sharaa, Mastura Adam, Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin, Ameer Alhasan, Riyadh Mundher   +4 more
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