Way-Finding and Maritime Emergency Signs
Way-Finding and Maritime Emergency Signs
Some visual and semantic problems in emergency signs and maps on passenger ships will be discussed using examples from Danish ferries that were studied as part of a European project on design for Mustering and Evacuation of Passengers ('MEPdesign'). Starting point are earlier findings on the effectiveness of signs versus (You-Are-Here) maps for wayfinding in buildings. Focus is on problems with the interpretation of emergency signs in the context of other signs and in the physical layout of passenger areas Passengers understand the ship in terms of meaningful places, landmarks and schematic paths and cannot be expected to be familiar with the different systems of signs and maps used on ships. Possible improvements in the efficiency of evacuation associated with active way-finding systems (dynamic Low Location Lightening or directional sound alarms) are discussed.
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Way-Finding and Maritime Emergency Signs
2002
13 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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