Indoor Wayfinding

In busy environments — hotels, hospitals, campuses, convention centers — time is one of the most valuable resources. Yet every day, people lose minutes (and sometimes hours) simply trying to find where they need to go. Missed meetings, late arrivals costing time and revenue, frustrated guests, and o...

More and more are we getting used to the Mobile Personal Computer a.k.a. Smart-Phone. In fact, with some people it has already grown into an additional limb. We call, we chat, we update our status and message each other all day long. Being the social animals that we a...

Introduction

A wayfinding system inside your building consists of fixed directional signage; arrows throughout the building, a directory on the wall at the entrance, maybe even colored lines on the floor indicating directions to a certain department.

State College, April 3rd, 2012

“Round Trip”

Wayfinding has been the domain of traditional static wayfinding signage since the beginning of times. “Has been”, as in the last decade, digital wayfinding for outdoor environments initiated a very successful new way of...

(August 17-2011, State College PA, USA)

It is often jokingly said that the national symbol for a hospital is ‘the Crane’. To keep up with regulations and service levels many hospitals appear to be in a constant state of re-organization. While hospitals make an excellent effort in keeping this as u...

Also known as:
Digital Indoor Wayfinding or Electronic Indoor Wayfinding

Purpose: to offer directions indoor, on- and off-site, on-demand, through a Kiosk, Touch screen LCD, Web or Mobile Device, to the visiting public.

Live Demo of University Wayfinding for the Web

Components of Electronic Wayfinding System

Front-End Application

This is the runtime version of the wayfinding system’s GUI (Graphical User Interface) that resides on the Kiosk or Webpage. It looks sharp, well-designe...

Interactive Indoor Wayfinding Systems

This should probably be one of the first articles you need to read, if you are faced with the challenge to provide an interactive wayfinding system for your building or campus, to improve the experience of ‘getting around’.

Hospital Wayfinding: There is no excuse for a visitor to get lost in your building again, ever.

There are several ways to provide interactive wayfinding to your target group (patients, members, employees, business contacts, etc).

Each of them have their own value and do not replace each other necessarily. While you can opt for one option only, for some situations it seems better to offer a c...