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AccessibleMaps: Addressing Gaps in Maps for People with Visual and Mobility Impairments

verfasst von : Claudia Loitsch, Karin Müller, Christin Engel, Gerhard Weber, Rainer Stiefelhagen

Erschienen in: Computers Helping People with Special Needs

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Abstract

Persons with visual and mobility impairments often have problems when planning and implementing a trip to unknown buildings due to the inaccessibility of the built environment, the unavailability of reliable information, and missing mobility-supporting applications for indoor environments. One reason is the lack of barrier-free indoor maps enriched with accessibility information to support the diverse needs of people with disabilities. This paper provides a comprehensive review of user requirements, mobility-related applications and digital maps. We identify different gaps in supporting indoor mobility, i.e. lack of (i) dedicated requirement analyses for mobility in unknown buildings, (ii) procedures to improve the coverage of digital indoor maps, (iii) standards for barrier-free map representations and (iv) location-based indoor services that meet the needs of people with disabilities. Besides, we introduce the AccessibleMaps project, which addresses some of these gaps by automatically generating indoor maps enriched with accessibility features.

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Fußnoten
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2
Access Together. http://​www.​accesstogether.​org/​, Retrieved April 3 2020.
 
4
Lazzus. http://​lazzus.​com/​, Retrieved March 30, 2020.
 
5
Ariadne GPS. https://​www.​ariadnegps.​eu/​, Retrieved April 4, 2020.
 
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Routago Assist. https://​routago.​de/​en/​assist_​en/​, Retrieved April 4, 2020).
 
8
BlindSquare. http://​www.​blindsquare.​com/​, Retrieved March 30, 2020.
 
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LowViz Guide Indoor Navigation. https://​indoo.​rs/​solution/​visually-impaired/​, Retrieved April 4, 2020.
 
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The international regulation DIN 23601 or national such as “Technical rules for workplaces” (ASR; Germany).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
AccessibleMaps: Addressing Gaps in Maps for People with Visual and Mobility Impairments
verfasst von
Claudia Loitsch
Karin Müller
Christin Engel
Gerhard Weber
Rainer Stiefelhagen
Copyright-Jahr
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58805-2_34

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