INFORMATION SIGNS BASED ON USERS' WAYFINDING BEHAVIOR IN TRANSFER BETWEEN UNDER-GROUND STATIONS

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We have learned from previous studies on long distance and short distance that subjects tend to be either of non-wandering priority or of wandering priority during their travel. So how underground limits affect users' wayfinding behavior between travels will be conducted in this study. Experiments on those with a non-wandering priority wayfinding with time constraint and wandering priority wayfinding without time constraint were then conducted to simulate the real situation of people travelling in an under-ground station. It is found that directional signs are used simply to make the users follow instructions and to direct people to move straight ahead, but the people had to see the sign before they could make a judgment. It only provides the information needed so that they can easily find and follow the path to their destination. Orientation signs force users to memorize the information shown on the map and confirm their memory while moving from one unfamiliar place to another. Under time stress, users require more functions from the information signs than what the system itself can actually provide.
2009-03-31