1. Navigation und Wegfindung
Definition: Navigation
"Navigation is the process by which people control their movement using environmental cues
and artificial aids such as maps so that they can achieve their goal without getting lost." [Darken and Sibert, 1993]
"Navigating is most often defined as the process of following a course by making directed movements, ..." [Elvins, 1997]
Definition: Wegfindung
"...wayfinding is the process of determining the strategy, direction and course needed to reach a
desired destination." [Elvins, 1997]
Unterschied zur Navigation
"Without wayfinding, a navigator won?t know in which direction to steer and without navigating, a wayfinder
will not have the means to move toward their destination." [Elvins, 1997]
| [Elvins, 1997] | Elvins, T.T.:VisFiles, Wayfinding 2: The Lost Worlds, Computer Graphics, Vol. 31, Number 4, November 1997. |
| [Darken and Sibert, 1993] | Darken, R.P. and Sibert, J.L.:A Toolset for Navigation in Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the ACM User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 157 - 165, 1993. |