Abstract
This paper presents the development of evacuation simulation software on a 3 dimensional image by using a personal computer. This simulation software consists of “data editor” by which users can simply construct simulated spaces such as underground shopping centers or department stores and “simulator” by which users can simulate evacuation in the spaces which are constructed by the data editor.
To evaluate this software, we tried to explore wayfinding behavior by experiment using two kinds of mazes which were constructed by data editor. We found that three typical characteristics of wayfinding behavior were derived: first, tendency to go straight, second, tendency to turn frequently and third, tendency to choose paths where they walked before.
