Get to know Wayfinding better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Wayfinding meaning
The ability of a person or animal to orientate oneself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting oneself and navigating.
Using Wayfinding
- The main meaning on this page is: The ability of a person or animal to orientate oneself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting oneself and navigating.
- In the example corpus, wayfinding often appears in combinations such as: new wayfinding, and wayfinding, wayfinding plan.
Context around Wayfinding
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wayfinding
- In this selection, "wayfinding" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, digital, friendly, plan, signs and element stand out and add context to how "wayfinding" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include benefits of wayfinding in real and city add wayfinding points or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wayfinding" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wayfinding
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The valuable benefits of wayfinding in real estate. (8 words)
The six signs are the first phase of new wayfinding signage for the town centre. (15 words)
Leveraging technology would be integrated, in the forms of York’s YUStart and Wayfinding programs. (15 words)
The goal of the new wayfinding plan is to help make it easier for users to find their way around Lyons, while also creating designs that reflect the unique, friendly and colorful character of the community. (36 words)
The company was founded in 2016 and began working on indoor wayfinding technology, tracking cats for BBC’s The Secret Life of the Cat programme, before providing its tech to companies like Rolls-Royce. (34 words)
The sign designs were approved by city council in January 2020 and signed off on the Gateway & Wayfinding plan in December of that year, and the construction contract was approved in August 2023. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Signage and wayfinding that point visitors in the right direction and provides information about the area’s rich heritage and encourages walkable routes through the town centre.
The art will function as directional signage and offer a wayfinding element that draws people to entry and exit points, a news release said.
The goal of the new wayfinding plan is to help make it easier for users to find their way around Lyons, while also creating designs that reflect the unique, friendly and colorful character of the community.
For example, entering the wrong address into your wayfinding app might lead you to a place you have not been to, but it is typically recognized and corrected quickly.
It noted that Zone A, the area currently used by Ryanair, “will undergo a full redesign with digital wayfinding, video walls, and new self-service machines introduced”.
On December 3, Walmart announced the pilot of one of its most requested accessibility initiatives – a wayfinding resource for blind and low vision customers – for free.
She said the wayfinding posts in the city were starting to look a bit rusty, “as they do after 15 years”.
Stepping into the foyer, Fewell noted an openness to the layout that hadn’t been there before, along with streams of natural light and a more user-friendly wayfinding system.
The beer, created in partnership with Birmingham Brewing Company, is served in a can with a design inspired by heritage railway wayfinding signs, and features the slogan “Rail safety just got tasty”.
The sign designs were approved by city council in January 2020 and signed off on the Gateway & Wayfinding plan in December of that year, and the construction contract was approved in August 2023.
The six signs are the first phase of new wayfinding signage for the town centre.
Farrell would like to see the city add wayfinding points or an updated app to connect those on pathways to shopping districts.
The company was founded in 2016 and began working on indoor wayfinding technology, tracking cats for BBC’s The Secret Life of the Cat programme, before providing its tech to companies like Rolls-Royce.
The investigation by the various privacy commissions was launched in 2018 following media reports about the Anonymous Video Analytics (AVA) technology installed at wayfinding kiosks in the malls.
Essentially a facility-based edition of Google Maps, wayfinding allows users to track both their current location and their intended destination in relation to easily identifiable landmarks.
Other wayfinding projects in the U.S., like WalkNYC, which was launched in New York in 2013, have sought to make their cities easier to navigate.
The IKEs, or interactive kiosk experiences, are part of a nationwide wave of tech-oriented cities implementing booths known as “wayfinding” booths, according to a Berkeley City Council document.
Leveraging technology would be integrated, in the forms of York’s YUStart and Wayfinding programs.
These are just the first in a line of wayfinding signs and kiosks that will go up around town to help visitors find their way.
The valuable benefits of wayfinding in real estate.
Common combinations with wayfinding
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: