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Assisting wayfinding in visually impaired travelers

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Jack M. Loomis, Reginald G. Golledge, Roberta KlatzkyRoberta Klatzky, James R. Marston

Human wayfinding, both by sighted and visually impaired people, consists of two very different functions: 1. sensing of the immediate environment, including obstacles and physically defined paths, for the purposes of moving through it, and 2. navigating to remote destinations beyond the immediately perceptible environment.

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