Print Email Facebook Twitter An approach for indoor wayfinding replicating main principles of an outdoor navigation system for cyclists Title An approach for indoor wayfinding replicating main principles of an outdoor navigation system for cyclists Author Makri, A. Zlatanova, S. Verbree, E. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Urbanism Date 2015-12-31 Abstract This work presents an approach to enhance navigation in indoor environments based on a landmark concept. It has already been proved by empirical research that by using landmarks the wayfinding task can be significantly simplified. Navigation based on landmarks relies on the presence of landmarks at each point along a route where wayfinders might need assistance. The approach presented here is based on the Dutch system for navigation of cyclists. The landmarks that are used in the proposed approach are special signposts containing the necessary directional information in order to guide the wayfinder in the space. The system is quite simple, efficient and satisfactory in providing navigational assistance in indoor space. An important contribution of this research is the generation of an approach to automatically determine the decision points in indoor environments, which makes it possible to apply it to navigational assistance systems in any building. The proposed system is verified by placing numbered landmark-signs in a specific building. Several tests are performed and the results are analysed. The findings of the experiment are very promising, showing that participants reach the destinations without detours Subject indoor wayfindinglandmarksignpostdecision pointnode networkdroute graphConstrained Delaunay Triangulation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6bc23ced-cea4-4367-8477-f319ed9a406e Publisher International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS Source The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Indoor-Outdoor Seamless Modelling, Mapping and Navigation, Tokyo (japan), 21-22 May, 2015 Authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 The Authors Files PDF 322576.pdf 2.48 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:6bc23ced-cea4-4367-8477-f319ed9a406e/datastream/OBJ/view