---
title: Wayfinding
description: Digital wayfinding uses screens to guide people through buildings and campuses with maps, directions and directories.
type: glossary
term: Wayfinding
category: operations
shortDefinition: Digital wayfinding uses screens to help people find their way through a building or campus, with maps, directional arrows and directories. Unlike printed signs, directions can be updated instantly when rooms, events or routes change.
seeAlso:
  - Portrait mode
  - Digital signage
visual: wayfinding
inLoopvew:
  text: Loopvew runs wayfinding screens that stay current as rooms and events change.
  label: Wayfinding use case
  href: /solutions/use-cases/wayfinding
---

Wayfinding screens are common in hospitals, campuses, offices, hotels and transport hubs.

## Tips

- **Place screens at decision points**: entrances, lift lobbies and corridor junctions.
- **Orient the map to the viewer**, so "up" means straight ahead.
- **Keep it glanceable**: large arrows, short labels, high contrast.