and also the specific work of OSM contributors LuluAnn and bahnpirat: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HaptoRender#Reinhard-Niether-Krankenhaus_in_Wilhelmshaven.2C_Germany
On 25 January 2017 at 17:38, Christian Ledermann < [email protected]> wrote: > http://www.maproomblog.com/2016/02/3d-printed-maps-for- > the-blind-and-visually-impaired/ > may be of help > > On 25 January 2017 at 16:31, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure under-researched is the right term. > > > > A blind friend, now dead, was participating as a subject in a research > > project on the geographical awareness of blind people back in the 1960s. > > Using OSM for providing data and applications for the visually impaired > has > > been an active subject since at least 2008: see for example > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Visual_Impairment. > > > > I don't have off-hand a list of recent research in the area. I'm sure > there > > have been a number of undergraduate research projects using OSM data. > > > > However, the major issue generally is actually translating research into > > something usable in a practical way by visually impaired people. > > > > The practical constraints I'm aware of: > > > > OSM rarely contains enough consistent detail of things like tactile > paving, > > existence of pavements, street furniture obstacles, boundary features of > > pedestrian ways etc. > > The difficulty of keeping the above information up-to-date. > > OSM generally maps centre lines not the edges of features. Many blind > people > > make extensive usage of edges for navigation, but also to ensure their > > safety. > > The level of detail apparently needed is vast: well beyond what is > feasible > > for ordinary mappers to collect. > > GPS accuracy whilst perfectly adequate for standard routing for > pedestrians > > using OSM, may not be accurate enough when the two pavements of a road > have > > very different characteristics. > > > > Additionally, as for wheelchair users, it may be that the specific > > requirements of each visually impaired user are different. > > > > Probably the area which is most immediately useful is the ability to > produce > > tactile maps from OSM using 3-D printing. These can be used by people to > > gain an awareness of unfamiliar areas. Once again most examples I'm > aware of > > one-off demonstrations by university researchers or hobbyists associated > > with hackspaces. > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > On 25 January 2017 at 15:35, Dave Dowding <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> I'm studying Geographic Information Systems and am doing a dissertation > on > >> whether OSM data is a good data sources for visually impaired people. > The > >> evaluation of different geographic data sources for visually impaired > people > >> seems to be under researched, though very important for those who need > the > >> data. > >> I hope to be able to be able to come up with some ways to improve the > OSM > >> data for visually impaired people and to create an map to show > geographical > >> areas where more data is needed. > >> To help me with the project I would appreciate your help in filling in a > >> survey at > >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVTB0m1CV6zJ_5ZG9dq0l- > lAq7KkdsWrnlmdUPq6THoSR3Yw/viewform > >> More information about the project can be found at > >> http://dowd.in/diss.htm. Any advice or feedback appreciated. > >> > >> Many Thanks > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-GB mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Christian Ledermann > > Newark-on-Trent - UK > Mobile : +44 7474997517 > > https://uk.linkedin.com/in/christianledermann > https://github.com/cleder/ > > > <*)))>{ > > If you save the living environment, the biodiversity that we have left, > you will also automatically save the physical environment, too. But If > you only save the physical environment, you will ultimately lose both. > > 1) Don’t drive species to extinction > > 2) Don’t destroy a habitat that species rely on. > > 3) Don’t change the climate in ways that will result in the above. > > }<(((*> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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