Comparing the complexity of wayfinding tasks in built environments

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 895-913

  Raubal, M ^a   Egenhofer, M J ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport; Design; Navigation; Spatial cognition; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; DESIGN; NAVIGATION; SPATIAL COGNITION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032463004     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b250895     Document Type: Article

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