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Wayfinding

Wayfinding (or way-finding) encompasses all of the ways in which people (and animals) orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place.

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Wayfinding

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples49
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Wayfinding

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related to Language · 18
Wayfinding → An, Design, Differences, Direction Signs, English, Furthermore, Guidelines, However, ISO, Location, Many, Public Information Guidance Systems, Standardization, The, The International Organization, This, Use, When
related to history · 7
Wayfinding → Architecture, City, In, Kevin, Lynch, Romedi Passini, The Image
related to Basic process · 4
Wayfinding → Destination, Orientation, Route, The
related to Indoor wayfinding · 4
Wayfinding → ISO, Standardization, Such, The International Organization
related to Urban wayfinding · 4
Wayfinding → An, Gaelic-English, Legible London Wayfinding, The Dublin City
is a · 2
Wayfinding → complex practice that very often involves several techniques such as people-asking, embodied and sociocultural activity in addition to being a cognitive process in that wayfinding takes place almost exclusively in social environments with
related to Examples · 2
Wayfinding → Modern, This

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use information people signage signs system systems language also cognitive used way including public space urban process navigate book city

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Wayfindingis aembodied and sociocultural activity in addition to being a cognitive process in that wayfinding takes place almost exclusively in social environments with0.90text
Wayfindingis acomplex practice that very often involves several techniques such as people-asking0.90text
fires in public places.Wayfinding also refers to the set of architectural or design elements that aid orientationinstance ofincluding information on exiting information and how effective it has been during emergencies0.80text
trying to find the way through a series of caves showing our behavioural biasesinstance ofor one we take as a physical challenge0.80text
people-askinginstance ofWayfinding is a complex practice that very often involves several techniques0.80text
major streetsinstance offocusing on key areas0.80text
culturalinstance offocusing on key areas0.80text
tourist attractionsinstance offocusing on key areas0.80text
and public spaces rather than commercial services.The Brisbane City Centre pedestrian wayfinding system is an example of a multilingual urban wayfinding system developed for a growing population of international migrantsinstance offocusing on key areas0.80text
tourists from the Asia Pacificinstance offocusing on key areas0.80text
Wayfindingrelated to Basic processThe0.60section
Wayfindingrelated to Basic processOrientation0.60section

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