Interactive way-finding: Map style and effectiveness

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-110

  Devlin, Ann Sloan ^a   Bernstein, Jason ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

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EID: 0031161466     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jevp.1997.0045     Document Type: Article

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