146 Wayfinding
The process of using spatial and environmental information to navigate to a destination.
• Wayfinding involves orientation, route decision, route monitoring, and destination recognition.
• Support orientation using clearly identifiable “you are here” landmarks and signs.
• Support route decisions by minimizing the number of navigational choices, and providing signs or prompts at key decision points.
• Support route monitoring by connecting locations with paths that have clear beginnings, middles, and ends. Provide regular confirmations that the path is leading to the destination.
• Support destination recognition by disrupting the flow of movement through a space using barriers or dead ends, and giving destinations clear identities. ...
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