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Wayfinding : a simple concept, a complex process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Wayfinding is the process of finding your way to a destination in a familiar or unfamiliar setting using any cues given by the environment. Due to its ubiquity in everyday life, wayfinding appears on the surface to be a simply characterised and ...
Kleinschmidt, Tristan   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Age-related wayfinding differences in real large-scale environments: detrimental motor control effects during spatial learning are mediated by executive decline? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
The aim of this study was to evaluate motor control activity (active vs. passive condition) with regards to wayfinding and spatial learning difficulties in large-scale spaces for older adults. We compared virtual reality (VR)-based wayfinding and spatial
Mathieu Taillade   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Developing family-friendly signage in a South African paediatric healthcare setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
*Background: Multiple renovations and changing flow in a tertiary children’s hospital in Cape Town resulted in numerous signs being posted in the corridors and units, making wayfinding extremely complex.
Coetzee, Minette   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Users’ Experience of Digital Wayfinding Screens: A Uses and Gratification Perspective from South Africa

open access: yesAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2020
Marketing and business communication researchers have neglected the wayfinding capabilities of digital out-of-home communication in the retailing landscape.
Thérèse Roux
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Spatial Layout on Wayfinding Behaviour in Hospital Environment in Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Art, Architecture and Built Environment, 2020
Many studies have shown that wayfinding is affected by the familiarity of subjects with the environment. Wayfinding difficulties are caused due to the complexities of building configuration and evolving spaces that emerge over time in response to ...
Salawu Ahmed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Correlation Between Layout and Wayfinding Decisions in Hospitals

open access: yesMegaron, 2020
As a research topic of several disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and especially architecture, wayfinding is always on the agenda and is open to research. In this paper, the relationships between the wayfinding decisions of the users in hospitals
Esra Aksoy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Applied Research on the Design of Signage and Wayfinding System of Historic Blocks from the Perspective of Urban Culture [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
With the continuous improvement of spiritual and cultural needs, the main reason why people are keen on traveling is that they want to learn about the cultural deposits of the scenic spots.
Ma Xiaoqing   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forecasting Airport Passenger Flows Using Mobile Network Data: Insights for Sustainable Mobility and Strategic Infrastructure Planning

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Airports are strategic and environmental nodes in global transport systems where rapid passenger growth challenges capacity, sustainability, and resilience. This study uses anonymized mobile network data to analyze and forecast passenger dynamics at Lisbon Airport, Portugal, linking data‐driven insights to sustainable mobility and ...
João Carlos Ferreira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
wiley   +1 more source

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