[Accessibility] Accessibility Digest, Vol 50, Issue 2

Mon Jul 11 16:32:54 UTC 2016

Thank you — AGREED.
We are proposing a major initiative here in the US joining forces under ADA to ensure accessibility for vision and mobility impaired users. The mapping could be encouraged and incentivized as part of ADA here in the US and other countries as well.  Notation of safe routing is important. Thanks for your attention to this effort.  We here in Texas are with you.

> On Jul 11, 2016, at 10:01, Charles Basenga Kiyanda <personal at charleskiyanda.com> wrote:
> 
> There's not a process set for the discussion to happen. Right now, it's
> just three of us in the openstreetmap montreal group mentioning it. We
> need to open up the discussion to more people.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Charles
> 
> On 07/08/2016 01:24 PM, Jess Hamilton wrote:
>> Hi Michael, 
>> Thanks for your response.  We have added your incline:across tag to
>> our recommended core features, and linked to your work in the related
>> proposals.
>> 
>> Charles, 
>> Thanks for the support.  Is the discussion you mentioned part of a
>> public forum that we might be able to link to? 
>> 
>> Best, 
>> Jess
>> 
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>>    Today's Topics:
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>>       1. Re: sidewalk scheme & layer for accessible routing
>>          (Charles Basenga Kiyanda)
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>>    Message: 1
>>    Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 10:51:36 -0400
>>    From: Charles Basenga Kiyanda <personal at charleskiyanda.com
>>    <mailto:personal at charleskiyanda.com>>
>>    To: Accessibility <accessibility at openstreetmap.org
>>    <mailto:accessibility at openstreetmap.org>>,
>>            montreal at listes.osmqc.ca <mailto:montreal at listes.osmqc.ca>
>>    Subject: Re: [Accessibility] sidewalk scheme & layer for accessible
>>            routing
>>    Message-ID: <577E6C78.40102 at charleskiyanda.com
>>    <mailto:577E6C78.40102 at charleskiyanda.com>>
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>> 
>>    That is great news. We (openstreetmap montréal) worked with a prof at
>>    Concordia University (www.concordia.ca <http://www.concordia.ca>)
>>    on a class project for one of
>>    his graduate courses in geography. Students gathered data, made
>>    modifications to OSM and did some rendering after that, specifically
>>    with accessibility in mind. They elected to use a "sidewalk distinct
>>    from street" model since it gives more flexibility to represent all
>>    topologies (at least with less kludging) than the "sidewalk as street
>>    attribute" model.
>> 
>>    We now have a region of downtown Montréal that has both
>>    representations
>>    next to each other, so there's a discusison we'll need to have here
>>    about where we go. Your proposal will surely be part of that
>>    discussion.
>> 
>>    http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/45.49665/-73.57815
>> 
>>    Personally, I prefer to represent sidewalks distinctly, so you'll have
>>    my vote.
>> 
>>    Cheers
>> 
>>    Charles
>> 
>>    On 07/06/2016 02:02 PM, Jess Hamilton wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> My name is Jess I am a member of the Global OpenSidewalks
>>> <https://uwescience.github.io/DSSG2016-Sidewalks/> team, part of
>>    this
>>> year's Data Science form Social Good
>>> 
>>    <http://escience.washington.edu/data-science-for-social-good-projects/>
>>    (DSSG)
>>> program sponsored by the eScience institute at the University of
>>> Washington.
>>> 
>>> We have been working on an OSM standard for sidewalk representation
>>> and annotation which we plan to present at the State of the Map
>>> Conference, and would love to get some feedback from the OSM
>>> accessibility community.
>>> 
>>> Currently in OSM footpaths in the built environment are typically
>>> treated as an addendum to streets. As a result, sidewalks in OSM
>>    have
>>> spotty coverage, an unintuitive implementation that makes user
>>> contribution difficult, and fail to serve many use cases, including
>>> the needs of people with limited mobility.  Our project seeks to
>>    make
>>> pedestrian ways, particularly sidewalks, first class members of an
>>> open data transportation network.
>>> 
>>> We also are proposing an OSM rendering layer for pedestrian
>>    ways. This
>>> layer would have similar properties to the OpenCycleMap layer but
>>> serves different use cases.  Born out of the AccessMap
>>> project (http://www.accessmapseattle.com/), we are particularly
>>> interested in accessibility and facilitating routing for people with
>>> limited mobility.
>>> 
>>> Our OSM proposal can be found
>>> here:
>>    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sidewalk_schema
>>> 
>>    <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/sidewalk_schema>
>>    (this
>>> is still a work in progress) and project website
>>> here: https://uwescience.github.io/DSSG2016-Sidewalks/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> Jess
>>> 
>>> --
>>> *Jess Hamilton*
>>> 2017 MLA Candidate
>>> University of Washington
>>> 646.369.9015 <tel:646.369.9015>
>>> 
>>> 
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