The implications of inter-visibility between landmarks on wayfinding performance: An investigation using a virtual urban environment

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 520-534

  Omer, Itzhak ^a   Goldblatt, Ran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Spatial knowledge; Urban environment; Virtual environment; Visibility; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAPPING; TOPOLOGY; VISIBILITY;

LANDMARKS; URBAN ENVIRONMENT; WAYFINDING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34648831249     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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