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title: 4.3.1 Directed Visibility
description: "![](https://isovists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DirectedVisibility-1280x254.jpg) *Directed Visibility* (Wv) expresses the proportion of the user defined subject region that a location can see, or, inversely, how often a location is seen from said region. Isovist_App Directed Visibility correlates to Area and Connectivity when just accessible…"
url: "https://isovists.org/user-guide/4-3-1-directed-visibility/"
updated: "2024-02-14"
category: 4 How the Calculations Work / 4.3 Space Syntax Measure Definitions
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# 4.3.1 Directed Visibility

![](https://isovists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DirectedVisibility-1280x254.jpg)

*Directed Visibility* (Wv) expresses the proportion of the user defined subject region that a location can see, or, inversely, how often a location is seen from said region. Isovist_App Directed Visibility correlates to Area and Connectivity when just accessible space is analysed; but varies, introducing a degree of direction, once the sample region is restricted or when visible space isovists are included in the calculations.

To determine Directed Visibility, the Isovist_App generates isovists at stochastically selected locations in the sample region. It then records any point ‘V’ that falls within each isovist generated. The resulting ‘score’ at V is divided by the number of isovists generated overall to give a mean value. The result is a relative value between 0 and 1.

In notation form the calculation for Directed Visibility is expressed as:

![](https://isovists.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Directed-Visibility.png)

*Where ‘Hi’ is either 0 or 1 depending on whether point V falls within a sample isovist; and ‘n’ the total number of isovist samples.*