[Accessibility] Accessibility Digest, Vol 37, Issue 1

[Jiří Richter]

Hi and thanks to Lulu-Ann for the incentive.

I subscribed more than a year ago and since then the traffic went down, so
I forgot about the list. But my initial expectations (which was to listen
on any interesting debate concerning the usage of OSM in accessibility
field) transformed a little into a more specific mode.

I started a project on my faculty whose aim is to combine OSM
functionalities and sources with local map sources from the city technical
office. I want to give a routing tool to people who have specific needs for
the movement through the city.

The project is similar to RollstuhlRouting and Handimap.org, but different
in the means of acquiring the data. That should be done through a gaming
layout in similar fashion as geocaching.

Hooray for finding a use for geocaching (you know, especially *in-city *
geocaching)!

That's my story. If anyone wants to support the idea, You're welcome.

For my background:
- doing master's in Biomedical engineering
- some experience in Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails
- resident in Prague, Czech Republic


Jiri


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> From: Lulu-Ann at gmx.de
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> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:48:40 +0100
> Subject: [Accessibility] New users
> Hello everybody,
>
> it has been a while since there was traffic on this list.
> Nevertheless there are several new subscriptions each month.
>
> I would like to ask the new subscribers to introduce yourself.
>
> Which expectations do you have?
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> Do you have any questions you want to place here?
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> Are you here because you are OpenStreetMapper interested in accessibility,
> or are you concerned about accessibility and have just discovered OSM?
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> Do you run any projects or do you have any ideas, which "should be
> realized by anybody"?
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> Share your thoughts.
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> Best regards
> Lulu-Ann
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> From: Lulu-Ann at gmx.de
> To: accessibility at openstreetmap.org
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> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:09:25 +0100
> Subject: [Accessibility] HaptoRender project update
> Hello list members!
>
> I would like to keep you informed about the HaptoRender Project.
>
> It's about tactile maps for blind persons.
>
> I have access to a 3D Printer now.
>
> I am work on some simple CAD tasks to practice with the software.
> For instance, I am designing items for boardgames that are usable for
> blind persons.
>
> I started with some dice and a domino which have points like braille,
> not like ordinary objects that have little holes.
>
> I plan to put them on Thingiverse or Shapeways or any other online
> platform for 3D printing so anybody with a 3D printer or service user can
> have his own (as soon as they are finished).
>
> Please share your ideas which games should be accessible.
> I am also planning to create Scrabble with braille and colored latin
> capitals on it.
> Whee, this is the first useful task for a dual color 3D printer here!
> Hope we get it running.
>
> The software for transformation from OSM data to 3D printer readable
> format is not finished yet.
> We have a working prototype but decided to change file formats, so we have
> to redo it.
>
> I am currently working on the style sheets that define how each map object
> will feel:
> Will a street be embossed or imprinted in the map?
> How will a bus stop be indicated?
> How do we get street name labels on the streets?
> Which texture should be on a river?
> Should we include helicopter landing places?
>
> We have to set up a shop system for orders.
> This is not easy as there are no accessible shop systems, at least there
> is no shop system to bye or to rend that advertises accessibility as a
> feature!
> Guess we can get rich not with maps but if we resell the shop system we
> have to build.
>
> If you want a tactile map from your area, send your address to my mailbox
> lulu-ann at gmx.de.
> You might not ever get a map, but I prefer to test the software with
> regions where somebody is interested.
> Why waste time on the style sheet of intermittent rivers, if nobody ever
> wants a map near one...
>
> In July we will show our results at Maker Faire Hannover, Germany.
> You might want to visit us.
>
> So far for now!
> Let us hear about your projects!
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> Best Regards
> Lulu-Ann
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