<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Hi Mikel! Hope it's okay to put together our response to both emails.<br></div><div><br></div><div>> Do you think this blog post is a good idea? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes!
OSM has unique potential to contribute to accessibility projects and
awareness about those projects and OSM would be very helpful.<br></div><div><br></div><div>> Is this particular day
worthwhile to highlight? <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure what
day this is but the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is
coming up on Dec 3 and it's definitely worthwhile if that's what you were referring to: <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities" target="_blank">https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities<br></a></div><div><br></div><div>> Are the specific projects, particularly
regional projects, we should be aware of?</div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Anat Caspi and I lead the AccessMap (<a href="https://www.accessmap.io" target="_blank">https://www.accessmap.io</a>) and OpenSidewalks (<a href="https://www.opensidewalks.com" target="_blank">https://www.opensidewalks.com</a>)
projects as part of the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (part of The University of Washington). AccessMap uses OSM data to create individualized accessible routing plans
for people with mobility impairments in multiple cities. OpenSidewalks
is a sister project that focuses on the development and creation of
OSM-compatible accessibility data, typically in OSM. You can also find us at @TaskarCenter and @OpenSidewalks on social media (mostly Twitter).<br></div><div><br></div><div>> One way I would love your help is if each of you (and anyone else on
list) could answer the question "How is OpenStreetMap useful for people
with disabilities?" Answer in your own voice in a 2-3 sentences. <br></div><div><br></div><div>When
people with disabilities seek out map information, they find that
accessibility information is missing or doesn't account for their
personal preferences; neither companies nor government agencies are
consistently creating connected (network) pedestrian map data flexible
enough to meet the diversity of pedestrian concerns expressed by people
with disabilities. OpenStreetMap is well-suited to fill this
informational gap as it has a flexible and democratically extensible
data model, can be mapped out by locals without waiting for an agency or
company to dedicate resources or take on liabilities, and all data is
immediately published and interrogable by the public. As a result of its
infrastructure, community, and open philosophy, OpenStreetMap has
allowed our project to provide individualized wayfinding information to
more and a larger variety of people with disabilities and to explore
more ambitious questions of accessibility than we could do on our own.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Nick<br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 11:53 AM Mikel Maron <<a href="mailto:mikel.maron@gmail.com">mikel.maron@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Jan, Jessica, Holger (we emailed off list) -- thanks! The reception sounds positive so we're aiming to go ahead.<br>
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One way I would love your help is if each of you (and anyone else on list) could answer the question "How is OpenStreetMap useful for people with disabilities?" Answer in your own voice in a 2-3 sentences. You can reply here, reply directly to me, or edit into the <a href="https://hackmd.io/UrTjPdI7SKusc3neKkCmHA" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://hackmd.io/UrTjPdI7SKusc3neKkCmHA</a> where we are working on the post. I'll then take snippets from the quotes to open up the post.<br>
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On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 11:13:37 AM EST, Jan Schmalfuss-Schwarz <<a href="mailto:jan.schmalfuss-schwarz@tu-dresden.de" target="_blank">jan.schmalfuss-schwarz@tu-dresden.de</a>> wrote: <br>
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Hi Mikel,<br>
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i am from the faculty of computer science of the Technische Universität Dresden and currently we work on a project called AccessibleMaps (<a href="https://accessiblemaps.de/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://accessiblemaps.de/</a>). On the one hand we want to develop tools for the OSM-Community to support the mapping process of buildings which are tagged with the Simple Indoor Tagging scheme. Additionally we address accessibility features and their representation in indoor maps. On the other hand we want to produce applications for blind, visual impaired and mobility impaired people. These apps should support the different user groups when planning work trips and use SIT from OSM. We think OSM is a good project to make accessibility information freely available. Your idea for a blog post on the 3rd December is great and we would like to ask if and in which way we can contribute to the blog post. <br>
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Jan Schmalfuß-Schwarz<br>
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M. SC. Medieninf. Jan Schmalfuß-Schwarz<br>
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Technische Universität Dresden<br>
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Hello<br>
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The OSMF Communications Working Group is considering a blog post to note International day for persons with disabilities, and ways that the OpenStreetMap project creates useful data. This is part of a broader campaign to raise awareness of OSM in connection with current events.<br>
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We wanted to ask for input from people working on accessibility issues. Do you think this blog post is a good idea? Is this particular day worthwhile to highlight? Are the specific projects, particularly regional projects, we should be aware of?<br>
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Working notes are compiled here: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Communication_Working_Group/Blogposts/2020-12_post_01" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Communication_Working_Group/Blogposts/2020-12_post_01</a><br>
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We'd also love to collaborate on writing this. Let me know if you're interested to get more involved too.<br>
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