Shared Experiences in Personalized Route Planning
Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
Graph-based Approach to Context-adaptable PNS and its Application Scenarios
ICDEW '05 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Data Engineering Workshops
Application of machine learning methods to route planning and navigation for disabled people
MIC'06 Proceedings of the 25th IASTED international conference on Modeling, indentification, and control
Users Are Doing It For Themselves: Pedestrian Navigation With User Generated Content
NGMAST '07 Proceedings of the The 2007 International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies
Portable and Mobile Systems in Assistive Technology
ICCHP '08 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
ACS'09 Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS international conference on Applied computer science
Entertainment beyond divertissment: using computer games for city road accessibility
Computers in Entertainment (CIE) - Theoretical and Practical Computer Applications in Entertainment
AIASABEBI'11 Proceedings of the 11th WSEAS international conference on Applied informatics and communications, and Proceedings of the 4th WSEAS International conference on Biomedical electronics and biomedical informatics, and Proceedings of the international conference on Computational engineering in systems applications
Entertainment technology transfer toward serious use
Proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
Personalized accessibility maps (PAMs) for communities with special needs
W2GIS'13 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
Towards ubiquitous awareness tools for blind people
BCS-HCI '13 Proceedings of the 27th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
Accessibility maps are valuable tools for people with mobility problems navigating in the urban landscape, in particular for first time visitors. However, the costs of establishing and maintaining such maps prohibit widespread use. Moreover, smartphones, GPS positioning and a growing number of open geospatial tools and technology are becoming commodities. Letting users create and augment geospatial data is opening up for a host of novel user generated geospatial services. Maps, or more precisely, the geospatial data they depict, might for instance be used for route planning. For pedestrians, not to say people with mobility problems, such tools are scarce. In this paper, we explore the combination of accessibility maps and route planning for people with mobility problems. To overcome the cost problems of accessibility surveys, we propose a novel concept, OurWay, which allows the users to annotate the accessibility of their surroundings. This user generated content provides a basis for computing satisfactory routes, from one location to another, matching the user's preferences and needs. We present findings from two experiments, which bear evidence of the validity of the concept, and discuss its potential as a tool for surveying and route planning.