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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
exaly   +8 more sources

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   +2 more
exaly   +3 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   +3 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

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   +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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