[Accessibility] Routing and accessibility

[Alex Jurgensen]

Hi,

What is an inaccessible lift?

Not to be rude, I have just never heard the term used before. Therefore, I am just curious.

Regards,
Alex,


On May 3, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Francois GRUCHY wrote:

> 	i all,
> As a potential user, I wonder if the routing evaluation takes into account singular point that are difficult for visually impaired people. It could be a huge cross road, a non accessible lift. I would appreciate to be able to have a route avoiding me to pass at some difficult point.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your answer
> 
> Francois
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lulu-Ann at gmx.de [mailto:Lulu-Ann at gmx.de] 
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 5:13 PM
> To: Accessibility
> Subject: [Accessibility] PM: Tagging traffic signals
> 
> Hello Nolan,
> 
> this is a reminder that you wanted to add some content to 
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hermes .
> 
> Thank you!
> Lulu-Ann
> 
> 
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>> Datum: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:47:06 -0600
>> Von: Nolan Darilek <nolan at thewordnerd.info>
>> An: Accessibility <accessibility at openstreetmap.org>
>> Betreff: Re: [Accessibility] Tagging traffic signals
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>> On 02/23/2011 10:53 AM, Lulu-Ann at gmx.de wrote:
>>> Cool to hear about it. Do you have a hyperlink, a podcast or any other
>> further information about it? Are the requirements that you are working on
>> published?
>>> Do you have a prototype online or for download?
>> 
>> There are no requirements as such. Since I myself am blind and am using
>> this regularly, requirements are dictated by what I find myself needing.
>> 
>> The development site, including all source code and somewhat out-of-date
>> documentation for the web service, can be found here:
>> 
>> http://hermesgps.info
>> 
>> The instance I'm using daily can be found here:
>> 
>> http://thewordnerd.homeip.net
>> 
>> Please note that this is on my desktop, and may be bounced at any time
>> as I implement new features. It's the instance I use daily and point
>> others to for playing when it's up. Unless you're in TX, you won't
>> automatically be located on a map. So you may want to use this deep link
>> to downtown Austin:
>> 
>> http://thewordnerd.homeip.net/#30.267153,-97.74306
>> 
>>> On which platform will Hermes work?
>> 
>> It's currently a web app exporting a JSON-based web service. I'm
>> developing an Android app that uses the service, which is currently far
>> enough along for regular use. I also just started on a stand-alone HTML
>> 5 app which I'm hoping will run on IOS, but we'll see.
>> 
>>> Is this your project? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hermes
>>> Can you fill the page with some information for the OSM community?
>>> 
>> 
>> I think someone set that up a while ago. I should probably get around to
>> doing that at some point.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, you can use the tag traffic_signals:button_operated=yes/no for
>> this.
>>> 
>> 
>> Oh good, because today I realized that we also have audible traffic
>> signals without buttons, and I've wasted valuable time on a corner
>> looking for a button that didn't exist. :) So that's yet another
>> permutation to consider. I should look at the new schema.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Can you send my a version with map data for Wolfsburg, Germany?
>>> 
>> 
>> Of Hermes? It's a web app, so either you'd need to install a server or
>> I'd have to load the maps into mine. I've decided not to load any more
>> maps because I receive lots of "can you load maps for X?" requests, and
>> this is just my desktop on a home internet connection, so I can't really
>> load maps for everyone. Apologies.
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