Dictionary

wayfinding en · NOUN

Etymology

From way + finding.

Meanings

1. (attributive, often, uncountable) The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting and navigating.
   • New signage is being installed to enhance wayfinding and USB sockets are being added in the main concourse area and Platform 8's waiting area. 2021 October 6, “Network News: Upgrades start at Cardiff Central”, in RAIL, number 941, page 24:
   • These built‐in features in the natural and man‐made environment are the passive tools of wayfinding. The best places and spaces are rich with these integrated attributes that foster orientation, understanding, and self‐guiding. 2015, Chris Calori, David Vanden-Eynden, Signage and Wayfinding Design:
   • Buncombe County’s Tourism Development Authority unveiled its $1.65 million wayfinding program in 2009, consisting of more than 300 signs directing visitors to nearly 90 attractions, public spaces, historic sites and other destinations. 2014 May 2, Nathaniel Axtell, “Sign of the times: TDA plans wayfinding program to guide tourism”, in blueridgenow.com, retrieved 09 May 2014:
   • And that difference in style is often cast as being part of the basis of gender differences in wayfinding. People say that women are more likely to navigate with landmarks and men are more likely to navigate using the cardinal directions. 2009 July 8, Kristi Oloffson, “Why We Get Lost”, in Time, retrieved 09 May 2014:

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Relateds

find one's way