[Accessibility] Accessibility Digest, Vol 37, Issue 1

Thu Mar 13 21:49:54 UTC 2014

Hi Friends,

My name is Katie Urey.  My connections in Portland Oregon are with a GISJammer
Group <http://oregonwalks.org/programs/gis-jammers> (Affiliated with Oregon
Walks,a non profit and Portland State University)  And I also attend
meetings of a local committee, Access Recreation (
http://accessrecreation.org/ )

The GIS Jammer group created a web based application to do a
general-not-too-detailed survey of curb ramp conditions.  I used this
application to map curb ramps <http://cdb.io/1exe8Wn> in Portland Oregon's
Lloyd District.

The GIS Jammers also is working on a set of tools to blend OSM and
street-centerline shapefiles, to build a routeable walkway network from
this data, and to then do analysis on the utility of various routes.

We will present one of our applications at SOTM, 2014 in Washington
D.C.<http://stateofthemap.us/>,
April 12,13, (14).  After the conference I will be in Baltimore MD for
another week.  If this message finds any friends who will be at SOTM or in
the D.C. area, let's meet up in April.

The GIS Jammer group would ask of the OSM community and the Universal
Access Community some questions.

1) what are the 3 most important factors to record about curb ramps?
2) What curb ramp factor, if not recorded, makes the information useless?
3) How far would people of various abilities travel to reach a "perfect"
curb ramp at a "perfect" intersection.

best regards,

Katie Urey
@Rbracket
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Katie%20U

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> Hello everybody,
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> it has been a while since there was traffic on this list.
> Nevertheless there are several new subscriptions each month.
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> I would like to ask the new subscribers to introduce yourself.
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> 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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> Subject: [Accessibility] HaptoRender project update
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> Hello list members!
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> I would like to keep you informed about the HaptoRender Project.
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> 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...
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> In July we will show our results at Maker Faire Hannover, Germany.
> You might want to visit us.
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> So far for now!
> Let us hear about your projects!
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> Best Regards
> Lulu-Ann
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-- 
Katie Urey
Portland, Oregon
503-228-3083 (land line with saxophone greeting)
503-780-9034 (cell, though not always "on")
ksurey at gmail.com
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