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The production and comprehension of route directions may be considered a successful adaptation in the face of a challenging wayfinding task-travel to an unfamiliar destination.Four important issues related to this adaptation are considered: The overall structure of direction-giving episodes, a component analysis of the content of route descriptions, suggested conventions for conveying wayfinding information, and individual differences in the production and comprehension of route directions. As a final consideration, it is suggested that technological innovations aimed at providing verbal information to assist wayfinding activity be incorporated within a framework focused on the ecology of wayfinding behavior.
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Allen, G.L. (1997). From knowledge to words to wayfinding: Issues in the production and comprehension of route directions. In: Hirtle, S.C., Frank, A.U. (eds) Spatial Information Theory A Theoretical Basis for GIS. COSIT 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1329. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63623-4_61
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