[Accessibility] looking for a platform for our initiative - is OSM the one ?

[Guttorm Flatabø]

I think Lulu-Ann meant wheelmap.org, and I'd like to join her encouraging
you to join them.
On 28. feb. 2012 17:14, <Lulu-Ann at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hello Catherine!
>
> > I am collaborating with some people here in Montreal to build a tool
> > that informs on the accessibility of public places. We have a first
> > prototype up at www.montrealaccessible.ca, that was thrown together this
> > week-end at a hackothon.
>
> Nice to hear that you are working on such a project.
>
> > I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to maps and stuff, so
> > apologies if some of this does not make sense, but I am told by the
> > hackers that the data is stored in Google Fusion Tables. And we have a
> > separate Google Spreadsheet that has a form that you can access from the
> > site. Unfortunately, we couldn't get the spreadsheet to be automatically
> > sent to the Fusion Table. So we would have to write a script to get that
> > to happen.
>
> Well, google maps is not really our topic here, but it should be easy to
> add some buttons to swap the map in the background to OSM.
> Happy you found your way to this list.
>
> > We are looking around for the best platform for our initiative. We have
> > been looking at Ushaidi and OSM. Our main concern of course is that
> > whatever we end up choosing is usable by people with different types of
> > disabilities so that they can contribute to data collection and also can
> > consult the data through the interface. I have looked at your wiki and
> > the section on accessibility. But unfortunately, it is rather ambiguous
> > with regards to just how accessible some of the related initiatives are.
> > Maybe I am not looking in the right place for this info...
>
> Best start for a project is always to do some searching for existing
> projects.
> There's http://wheelchair.org .
>
> I always wonder why people start projects only locally.
> Are they not confident enough to use their idea on the whole world?
>
> > Anyway, OSM would be great because our data can probably be a useful
> > contribution. But how does it rate in terms of accessibility ?
>
> OSM is accessible for anyone except blind and visually impaired persons.
> Some things may not be accessible for persons who can not substitute mouse
> use in certain ways.
>
> We are working on Look and Listen Map (LALM) to make it accessible for
> blind persons.
>
> Just contact the people behind wheelchair.org and do things together!
>
> Best regards
> Lulu-Ann
>
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