Spatial orientation and the angularity of urban routes: A field study

DR Montello - Environment and Behavior, 1991 - journals.sagepub.com
The influence of route angularity on the spatial orientation of pedestrians navigating in an
urban field setting was examined. Sixty pedestrians were stopped at one of three locations …

The secret is to follow your nose: Route path selection and angularity

RC Dalton - Environment and behavior, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents an experiment in which route choice decisions made at road junctions
are recorded. Such routes can be expressed as the sum of individual decisions made or …

Landmark selection in the environment: Relationships with object characteristics and sense of direction

T Ishikawa, U Nakamura - Spatial Cognition & Computation, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the types and locations of objects selected as landmarks by people
walking unfamiliar routes, and the effects of people's sense of direction. Selected landmarks …

The role of environmental features in route-learning: Two exploratory studies of way-finding

H Heft - Environmental psychology and nonverbal behavior, 1979 - Springer
Cognitive representation of the overall layout of an environment provides information about
the relative location of fixed sites in the setting which can be used for orientation purposes …

Strategies for indoor wayfinding: The role of orientation

CA Lawton - Journal of environmental psychology, 1996 - Elsevier
This study identified self-reported strategies for indoor wayfinding, and examined their
correlation with strategies previously identified for outdoor wayfinding. Relationships of …

The relation of sex and sense of direction to spatial orientation in an unfamiliar environment

MJ Sholl, JC Acacio, RO Makar, C Leon - Journal of Environmental …, 2000 - Elsevier
An experiment is reported which tested the relation of sex (male, female) and self-reported
sense of direction (good, poor) to spatial orientation ability, when walking or driving through …

Ask for directions or use a map: A field experiment on spatial orientation and wayfinding in an urban environment

T Meilinger, M Knauff - Journal of Spatial Science, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
When planning a route we usually study a map, ask other people for verbal directions, or
use a route planner. Which source of information is most helpful? This experiment …

When and why are visual landmarks used in giving directions?

PE Michon, M Denis - … International Conference, COSIT 2001 Morro Bay …, 2001 - Springer
Route directions describe the sequence of actions a moving person needs to take to reach a
goal in an environment. When generating directions, speakers not only specify what to do …

Grid patterns and cultural expectations in urban wayfinding

C Davies, E Pederson - … International Conference, COSIT 2001 Morro Bay …, 2001 - Springer
Much of the literature on human spatial cognition and language in large-scale environments
has been based on 'simplified'grid-pattern layouts with orthogonal intersections and parallel …

[PDF][PDF] Wayfinding in cases with vertical motion

M Soeda, N Kushiyama, R Ohno - Proceedings of MERA, 1997 - ohno-lab.jp
While numerous studies have investigated environmental influencc on wayfinding
performance, few rc-scarches have investigated wayfinding bchavior in cascs with inter-floor …