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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Way finding"”.
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The way-finding journey within a large public building: a user centred study of the holistic way-finding experience across a range of visual ability
… in investigating the holistic experience of way-finding in buildings by people who have a range of visual ability. Previous research studies, spanning across a broad spectrum of disciplines, have focused on various characteristics of human way-finding (Arthur and Passini, 1992;Lynch, …
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[Apart] space valuing community: focused on incidental learning and wayfinding thresholds
… coupled with human desirability links along walkways to best attract the highest amount of foot traffic in space to allow for the safety in numbers approach. The ideas of adding WI-FI hotspots along space and assessing the current desire lines of space for the best accommodation of the masses. …
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Early Intervention, Research and Therapy Center for Children with Autism
… can be a catalyst for social interaction, way finding, therapy, and intervention. The goal was to design a space that would be multi-functional and also benefit the surrounding community. This design study will explain how colors and materials can affect children with autism and what colors …
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SHVIL, PLANWELL, & FLYING FRUSTUM: Spatial Interaction With 3D Physical Maps
… maps are one of the primary sources for way-finding, spatial planning and navigational activities. Recent technological advancements enable the evolution of current 2D interactive spatial representations of the maps to physical 3D interactive representations using techniques such as 3D …
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The effect of financial reporting on strategic investments : evidence from purchase obligations
… if they have complementary strategies. This two-way finding is consistent with firms using investments to influence competitors' behavior in ways that increase their own profits. I show that changes in investments are concentrated among firms with large market share, which have a greater ability …
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Identifying Functional Relationships in Driver Risk Taking: An Intelligent Transportation Assessment of Problem Behavior and Driving Style
… participated in a study of cognitive mapping and way-finding were evaluated with two basic procedures for data coding, including analysis of video data based on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a) critical behaviors during consecutive 15 second intervals of a driving trial, and b) the safe …
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Enriching Digital Maps with Aerial Imagery and GPS Data
… street maps, providing the basic yet fundamental way-finding service to the map users. However, road-level street maps don't have lane structure information, which is essential for lane-to-lane navigation and autonomous vehicles. Therefore, this thesis proposes a mapping pipeline that extracts …
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Automatic derivation of schematic maps from large scale digital geographic datasets for mobile GIS
"Mapping is a way of visualizing parts of the world and maps are largely diagrammatic and two dimensional. There is usually a one-to-one correspondence between places in the world and places on the map, but while there are limitless aspects to the world, the cartographer can only select a few to …
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Reconstruction of 3D scenes from pairs of uncalibrated images. Creation of an interactive system for extracting 3D data points and investigation of automatic techniques for generating dense 3D data maps from pairs of uncalibrated images for remote sensing applications.
… from a pair of uncalibrated images in a flexible way; finding corresponding points automatically in high resolution images, particularly those of archaeological scenes captured from a freely moving light aircraft; and improving a correlation approach to dense disparity mapping leading to 3D …
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Reconstruction of 3D scenes from pairs of uncalibrated images. Creation of an interactive system for extracting 3D data points and investigation of automatic techniques for generating dense 3D data maps from pairs of uncalibrated images for remote sensing applications
… from a pair of uncalibrated images in a flexible way; finding corresponding points automatically in high resolution images, particularly those of archaeological scenes captured from a freely moving light aircraft; and improving a correlation approach to dense disparity mapping leading to 3D …
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The Design, development, and analysis of a wearable, multi-modal information presentation device to aid astronauts in obstacle avoidance during surface exploration
… avoidance during surface exploration and way-finding. Multi-modal displays are being considered as cues to multiple sensory modalities enhance cognitive processing through taking advantage of multiple sensory resources, and are believed to communicate risk more efficiently than unimodal …
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Environmental factors that influence preference and price perceptions of commercial landscapes and storefronts
… preference and expected price ratings. This finding indicates that in the absence of signs, people tend to fall back on their preferences to make judgments about the price of merchandise sold in commercial landscapes. While there were commercial landscapes that were judged to offer low …
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Added value through design for healthcare facilities/buildings in Saudi Arabia within the legislative regulations of Saudi Arabia
… and a group AHP pairwise comparison survey. The findings of the first instrument resulted in validation of the factors, both directly and indirectly related to design, proposed in the literature and added insight into some culturally specific perceptions of factors which add value to a healthcare …
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An investigation into web-based panoramic video virtual reality with reference to the virtual zoo.
… tendency for users to become disoriented during way-finding. In addition, an effective interface design to embed contextual information is required. The research identified the need to have a controllable test environment in order to evaluate the production of the video and the optimal way of …
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Walking the faithscapes of Varanasi, India: Pilgrimage of the Panchkroshi Yatra
… commercial zones, state and national highways with no designated pathway for pilgrims to walk on. My master’s in landscape architecture has contributed immensely towards the sensitivity I feel for the environment. The landscapes of the Panchkroshi pilgrimage create an experience for the …
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Black consumers’ shopping patronage and perceptions of the Riverside Mall’s attractiveness
… U tests and Kruskal-Wallis tests results. Findings from the research indicated that respondents visit shopping centres on a regular basis for shopping, browsing and socialising. The respondents indicated that the shopping centre was overall attractive and the individual shopping centre …
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Investigation of beliefs relating to weight gain prevention behaviours and weight related constructs in first year female students at three South African Universities
… exercise: complying with a healthy diet plan, finding enjoyment in healthy eating, preparing vegetables in a tasty way, finding affordable ways to eat healthy, making time in the day for exercise, knowing how to prepare one's own meals, planning meals and snacks ahead and exercising) that was …