Path selection and route preference in human navigation: A progress report

Journal of experimental psychology: Human Perception and performance

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Cognitively Inspired Algorithm for Imprecise Navigation

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Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Services for Persons with Motor Limitations

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Oppilatio+ - A data and cognitive science based approach to analyze pedestrian flows in networks

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Occupant Wayfinding in Multi-storey Buildings

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Accommodating user preferences in ad hoc shared ride trip planning using GIS

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Effect of Simplicity and Attractiveness on Route Selection for Different Journey Types

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Angular VGA and Cellular VGA An exploratory study for spatial analysis methodology based on human movement behavior

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L’analyse vidéo au service du wayfinding dans les environnements complexes

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Preface

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Layered Mobility Model Architecture - LEMMA

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Cognitive Principles of Schematisation for Wayfinding Assistance

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Intermodal Personalized Transit: An Exploratory Study to Identify Secondary Market and Technology Resources for Concept Testing

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Privacy-aware personal navigation services

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The role of context in spatial decision-making in GIScience

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Notes

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Agent-based modelling of beach visitation patterns: insights for sustainable coastal design and management

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Towards integrated management of sandy anthropogenic shores: Developing tools for the exploration of human-natural interactions

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Language and thought

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Absolute minds: glimpses into two cultures

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A collage metaphor to support inter-modal wayfinding

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Data dissemination in partially cooperative opportunistic networks

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The intellectual background: two millennia of Western ideas about spatial thinking

Levinson, S. C. (2003) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511613609.002

Waypoint Validation Strategies in Assisted Navigation for Visually Impaired Pedestrian

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Representation and Reasoning for Pragmatic Navigation

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En los ojos de Guliver: información contextual y sentido de orientación

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You Can Go Your Own Way...But You Won't: Exploring Road Utilization in the Bay Area

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OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEARPreprint

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CONSTRUCTING ROUTE CHOICE MAPS FROM GPS TRACES

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Assessing the quality, suitability and usability of user generated content for routing applications

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SIMULATING PEDESTRIAN ROUTE SELECTION WITH IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE

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Toward a Holistic Framework of Indoor Wayfinding Behaviors: The Impacts of Architectural Intelligibility and Individual Differences

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Diversity in mind: methods and results from a cross-linguistic sample

Levinson, S. C. (2003) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511613609.006

Beyond language: frames of reference in wayfinding and pointing

Levinson, S. C. (2003) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511613609.007

SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME THEME 3 ICT - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

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Assessing the Suitability of Using Google Glass in Designing 3D Geographic Information for Navigation

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WALKWAY NETWORK BUILDING FOR MULTI-MODAL ROUTE PLANNING

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Agents' movement_towards the reformation of public space - Step 1: select | implement | observe crowd rules

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Design Differences in Pedestrian Navigation Systems Depending on the Availability of Carriable Navigation Information

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Finding the Right Match: Human Cognition via Indoor Route Descriptions Versus Existing Indoor Networks and Algorithms to Support Navigation

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Guiding People Along More Intuitive Indoor Paths

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Pedestrian Route Recommendation System in Smart Cities

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A criteria based function for reconstructing low-sampling trajectories as a tool for analytics

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An exploratory study of Nantou Ancient Village revitalisation focusing on visual, cognitive and structural aspects

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Linguistic diversity

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