[talk-ph] osm-ph GPS map for the blind

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Maning,

Please check out the accessibility OSM mailing list <
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/accessibility> for more ideas.
That's where I directed one of them.

It's cool to see that they are already using OSM data. I wasn't sure if they
were already using it or not when they dropped by my blog.


On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:01 PM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,  I just came home from a meeting with 2 blind guys.  They are
> asking our assistance in providing map data for a GPS application for
> the blind.
>
> @ Eugene, they know mentioned your blog and that's probably how they
> stumbled upon OSM-PH.
>
> They showed me how to navigate using a symbian phone and bluetooth GPS
> using loadstone ( http://www.loadstone-gps.com/ ).  Using loadstone
> and a screenreader, the phone speaks the estimated distance and
> heading of a point (i.e. 50 meters northeast of Jolibee).  Cool!
>
> The data they are using came from Openstreetmap.   Even cooler!
>
> There are tools to convert OSM data into a loadstone database and I
> was able to successfully convert some of them already.  What they want
> is an easier approach to load the data into their phones, something
> like a one-click download page and then copy-paste.  I am planning to
> provide this data regularly similar to the Garmin GPS map.
>
> I am sending this to the list if anyone is interested to volunteer to
> help them as well.  Some wishes:
> 1. Data conversion - the current converters parses an OSM file and
> creates a CSV of POIs and road intersections.  We can expand the
> converter to include other OSM data that can be useful for them (i.e
> building names, establishment entrance, removing non-essential words
> in a name like the word "Street").  To be able to subdivide the whole
> Philippines into manageable chunks.  Converting the whole Philippines
> into one big loadstone file makes the application run slow.
> 2. Data collection useful for blind navigation - they said our current
> data (at least for Metro Manila and Davao) is good enough but we can
> improve them further for blind navigation and disability access in
> general. A rough example would be for mapping POIs, consider locating
> the node near the entrance of the establishment.  There maybe other
> things and I hope we can brainstorm on this later.  Some info
> available in the wiki:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_for_the_blind
> 3. Cheap bluetooth GPS - Assist in providing GPS vendor list (local
> and international) that can provide a discounted rate for purchasing
> GPS devices.
> 4. Special request for Ed and waypoints.ph - the also want the
> waypoints.ph data included probably as a separate loadstone database.
> The current download process in the waypoints.ph site requires
> captcha, screenreaders can't read captcha images.  Maybe we can
> explore other schemes for them to download your POIs and routes?
> 5. Explore conversion of OSM data to other phone apps like gpsmid and
> Nokia GPS LMX files (landmarks).
>
> If anyone is interested, I hope it's OK for the list members to have
> the discussion here.  I am very excited to pursue this little project
> (even if a very small percentage will use the data) because it will
> greatly help the Filipino Blind community expand their mobility
> independence.
>
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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