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Introduction to Emerging Research for Informing the Design and Use of Wayfinding Systems

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding, 2022
This issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding provides findings from emerging research informing the design and use of technology and traditional signage for enhanced wayfinding in a diverse array of complex visual environments ...
Vikas Mehta, Chistopher Auffrey
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Towards Linguistic Inclusivity: An Exploration of the Wayfinding System at Stellenbosch University, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding, 2022
     Effective wayfinding design should efficiently and accessibly provide navigational tools to its user. These tools are multidimensional and engage a complex network of socio-political, cultural, economic, and linguistic issues.
Gera de Villiers   +3 more
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Granularity Transformations in Wayfinding [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
. Wayfinding in road networks is a hierarchical process. It involves a sequence of tasks, starting with route planning, continuing with the extraction of wayfinding instructions, and leading to the actual driving.
Sabine Timpf, Werner Kuhn
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Enhancing Wayfinding Performance in Existing Healthcare Facilities Using Virtual Reality Environments to Revise the Distribution of Way-Showing Devices

open access: yesBuildings, 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   +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

open access: yesBuildings, 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   +4 more
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The spatial configuration of local climate zones reveals effects on wayfinding in human walking.

open access: yesPLoS 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   +6 more
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Wayfinding : embedding knowledge in hospital environments [PDF]

open access: yes
The traditional use of signs has failed to overcome the problem of wayfinding in hospitals. As wayfinding problems are clearly linked to healthcare outcomes there is need to find a more integrated approach to solving the problem.
Rooke, Clementinah Ndhlovu   +3 more
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Childhood wayfinding experience explains sex and individual differences in adult wayfinding strategy and anxiety

open access: yesCognitive Research, 2020
Background Anyone who has ever found themselves lost while driving in an unfamiliar neighborhood or forgotten where they parked their car can appreciate the importance of being able to navigate their environment.
Vanessa Vieites   +2 more
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STUDI PENERAPAN WAYFINDING PADA ARSITEKTUR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Wayfinding dalam dunia arsitektur merupakan hal yang sangat dibutuhkan. Pengguna bangunan harus memiliki orientasi yang jelas mengenai posisi dan arah tujuannya sehingga akan merasa nyaman.
Dewiyanti, Dhini   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Wayfinding Research in Library and Information Studies: State of the Field

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2017
Objective – Often people enter libraries focused on their primary information needs and haven't considered their need for spatial information to find their way to what they need.
Lauren H. Mandel
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