Landmarks and Travel

What does someone need to consider when planning a trip?

• What to bring

• How to get there and where they are going

• What they are wearing

• All of the above

People base their travel on these four factors:

• Memory

• All of the above

• Preferences

• Destination

How are places recognized in the environment?

• Through visual landmarks, signage, and street numbers/names

• By walking in circles

• With auditory cues

• Using olfactory signals

What is this considered?

• signage

• directions

• landmark

• street name/number

Something is remembered by its location when traveling because:

• It is a natural human tendency.

• It helps in organizing information.

• It is "mapped" cognitively or memory.

• It is due to cues.

What happens when you practice a route?

• You become more familiar with the route.

• You get lost more often.

• The route becomes longer.

• The route changes every time.

Why is it important to organize information when traveling?

• to reduce accessibility

• To make information harder to find

• To increase confusion

• Help you learn new environments, and picking new landmarks

People use signage when they do what?

• Make decisions

• Travel

• Cook

• Exercise

What is important when choosing traveling landmarks?

• pointing them out each time you see them

• Architectural beauty

• Cultural relevance

• All of the above

Landmarks are ____________ for ____________ people.

• irrelevant

• guides

• different

• confusing