Abstract
In this paper we present an operative Wayfinding Support System (WSS) for a virtual city using the virtual model of Tel Aviv for targeted and exploration wayfinding tasks. The WSS was developed under the assumption that a design of a virtual city should allow a transfer of spatial knowledge from a real city to its virtual representation. Accordingly, the information for this system was obtained from an empirical study on Tel Aviv residents' urban image by using their city sketch maps. The WSS uses the topological structure between the urban elements in these sketch maps to decide which elements would be highlighted to the virtual city user, according to the observed urban environment and to the user's real time log navigation parameters (scale and perspective).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Complex Artificial Environments |
| Subtitle of host publication | Simulation, Cognition and VR in the Study and Planning of Cities |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Pages | 245-258 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 3540259171, 9783540259176 |
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| State | Published - 2006 |