Personalized accessibility maps (PAMs) for communities with special needs

Authors:
Hassan A. Karimi;Lei Zhang;Jessica G. Benner
Affiliations:
Geoinformatics Laboratory, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;Geoinformatics Laboratory, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;Geoinformatics Laboratory, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
W2GIS'13 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Accessibility data/information is necessary to support the everyday mobility of people with special needs. As a means to accommodate mobility of students with special needs, universities and colleges provide maps with accessibility data/information for their campus, where some are static and others are interactive. In this paper, we describe the concept of Personalized Accessibility Maps (PAMs) and discuss the development of a PAM for the University of Pittsburgh's main campus as a representative PAM. As a result of this development, there is a better understanding of the technologies and techniques needed for PAMs along with challenges and future research directions.