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

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

Feminist 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
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Niche‐tracking as a collecting method: Habitat‐targeted search strategies for taxon‐focused botany

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity science depends on more than collecting plants—it depends on how we search for them. Although GPS and digital maps have transformed fieldwork, they can also encourage repeated visits to the same easy‐to‐access sites, leaving other habitats and populations unknown to science.
Lucas C. Marinho, Isabela M. Waga, Domingos Cardoso   +2 more
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Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer, John Taukäve, Maria Sahib, Eldine Glees, Aseri Driu, Joshua Lakabung, Atina Schutz, Joseph H. Genz, Shania G. Tamagyongfal, Jerolynn K. Myazoe, Alexander Mawyer, Alson Kelen, Larry Raigetal, Raffael Held, Andrew Irvin, Morgan Wairiu, Peter Nuttall, Transform Aqorau, Kyrie Lalauvaki, Aileen Sefeti, John Kautoke   +20 more
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Wayfinding Strategy and Gender – Testing the Mediating Effects of Wayfinding Experience, Personality and Emotions

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2020
Magdalena Mendez-Lopez,1 Camino Fidalgo,1 Jorge Osma,1 M-Carmen Juan2 1Departamento de Psicología y Sociología, Universidad de Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Teruel, Spain; 2Instituto Universitario de ...
Mendez-Lopez M, Fidalgo C, Osma J, Juan MC   +3 more
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A wayfinding aid to increase navigator independence

Journal of Spatial Information Science, 2011
Wayfinding aids are of great benefit because users do not have to rely on their learned geographic knowledge or orientation skills alone for successful navigation. Additionally, cognitive resources usually captured by this activity can be spent elsewhere.
Wilfred Waters, Stephan Winter
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Utilising Coping Mechanisms as a Creative Catalyst in Inclusive Architectural Design

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This article draws on a doctoral study exploring how people with learning disabilities experience architectural barriers in shopping centres. It aimed to identify the barriers participants faced, coping mechanisms employed, and the opportunities these mechanisms present for informing inclusive architectural design. Methods The study
Menatalla Kasem, Zarah Kaleem, Sam Clark, Dikaios Sakellariou   +3 more
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Wayfinding in immersive virtual environments as social activity supported by virtual agents

Frontiers in Virtual Reality
Effective navigation and interaction within immersive virtual environments (IVEs) rely on thorough scene exploration. Therefore, wayfinding is essential, assisting users in comprehending their surroundings, planning routes, and making informed decisions.
Andrea Bönsch, Jonathan Ehret, Daniel Rupp, Torsten W. Kuhlen   +3 more
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A bibliometric analysis of published literature on healthcare facilities' wayfinding research from 1974 to 2020

Heliyon, 2022
Objectives: Wayfinding in complex environments is a public issue facing the world and has become a hot research topic in recent years. This article reviews and quantitatively analyzes the literature on wayfinding in healthcare facilities and collates the
Lujie Deng, Nurul Hanim Romainoor
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TreeON: Reconstructing 3D Tree Point Clouds from Orthophotos and Heightmaps

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract We present TreeON, a novel neural‐based framework for reconstructing detailed 3D tree point clouds from sparse top‐down geodata, using only a single orthophoto and its corresponding Digital Surface Model (DSM). Our method introduces a new training supervision strategy that combines both geometric supervision and a differentiable shadow and ...
Angeliki Grammatikaki, Johannes Eschner, Pedro Hermosilla, Oscar Argudo, Manuela Waldner   +4 more
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