[Accessibility] adding maps inside of buildings

[Clifford Snow]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 8:43 AM Parker, Anson D (adp6j) <adp6j at virginia.edu>
wrote:

> hi - i'm working with the university of virginia to get our CAD maps of
> buildings - especially inside of the hospital where i work - made available
> in OSM.   what are the best practices for this?  i would like to add maps
> that include wayfinding information for wheelchaired and vision impaired
> people
>
> are there any online tutorials for going from DXF -> OSM.  one specific
> question is how is 3d data like stairwells best communicated?
>
> Anson,
I like this project. It fits in with the sidewalk mapping we are doing
along with the work of the University of Washington's Taskar Center for
Accessible Technology. I'd love to get updates on how you are solving the
indoor mapping problems.

As for DXF, I'd suggest using QGIS to convert DXF to either a shapefile or
geojson for use in JOSM. I haven't used QGIS with a DXF but QGIS should
handle it and allow conversion to either a shapefile or geojson. A
shapefile can be converted to a .osm for use with JOSM, but I think it
would be easier to bring either the shapefile or geojson into JOSM as a
layer.

As for stairs, I'd suggest looking at the Simple Indoor Tagging wiki [1].
You might also want to talk to Nick Bolton, UW Taskar Center, about how he
uses elevators in buildings as part of his wheelchair routing tool,
AccessMap.io. I'm Cc: Nick to the discussion.

[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Simple_Indoor_Tagging

Best,
Clifford

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