orienteering

=Orienteering=

toc Read here about orienteering or wayfinding and its relation to issues of scale.

=Wayfinding= Orienteering is also called wayfinding.

Wayfinding is the tactical and strategic part of navigation that involves cognitive activity defining landmarks and paths through the environment, which can be thought of as a mental representation of environment knowledge. Darken and Sibert showed that real world wayfinding and environmental design principles are effective for designing large-scale virtual worlds that support wayfinding. Applicable wayfinding techniques for virtual environments include: providing integrated 2D maps and markers; incorporating landmarks and cues into the environments; and providing a consistent and hierarchical structure for the environments.

=Lateral Line= Fish have a lateral line, a sensory apparatus that assists them in orienteering.