http://opentype.info/blog Mon, 14 May 2012 07:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://opentype.info/blog/2009/09/13/wayfinding-observations-landmarks-and-cardinal-directions/ http://opentype.info/blog/2009/09/13/wayfinding-observations-landmarks-and-cardinal-directions/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:13:46 +0000 Ralf Herrmann http://opentype.info/blog/?p=209

When we come to a new city we build a cognitve map to represent this city in our minds. Unless you have photographic memory such cognitve maps work differently from topographic maps. They don’t consist of exact representations and distances, but are driven by landmarks and the paths that connect them. A landmark can be [...]]]> http://opentype.info/blog/2009/09/13/wayfinding-observations-landmarks-and-cardinal-directions/feed/ 21