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AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS: WHEELCHAIR USERS:
CONCEPT, PRODUCTION AND BEYONDCONCEPT, PRODUCTION AND BEYOND
Jana Otrusinová
Tomáš
Řezník
Masaryk UniversityDepartment of Geography
Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography
26th International Cartographic Conference, Dresden, 25 –
30 August 2013
Project cooperationProject cooperation
Masaryk University
Brno City Municipality
League for Wheelchair Users Rights
Prague Organization of Wheelchair Users
ContentContent
People with impaired mobility
Accessibility mapping
The map section of the Atlas
The text section of the Atlas
Conclusion
People with impaired mobilityPeople with impaired mobility
People with motoric handicap
Elder people
Pregnant women
People with babies in prams or children under 3 years old
Up to 30 % of population
People using an electric wheelchair have the highest
requirements for accessibility
Accessibility mappingAccessibility mapping
Identify locations in the city centre of Brno which are suitable
for
wheelchair users –
mostly accessible locations
Took over 3 years
Parameters:◦ Geographical locations and type of location
◦ An access to the building
◦ Accessibility possibilities inside the building
◦ Barrier-free toilets and reserved parking places
Accessibility mapping Accessibility mapping --
resultsresults
The geodatabase of accessible locations
Locations were divided according to accessibility
160 locations in geodatabase
The AtlasThe Atlas
Bi-lingual: Czech and English
A map section◦
19 pages of accessibility map of Brno city centre
◦
Map communication
◦
Map symbology
A text section◦
59 pages of information about accessibility which are not covered in the map
◦
Pictograms and text with additional details
The map sectionThe map section
A map –
not only the presentation of spatial data but especially
the way of communication between the cartographer and a map
user
Map content corresponds with the content of geodatabase
Map sign –
must be able to communicate:◦
The type of location –
picture
◦
Accessibility –
colour
The map sectionThe map section
The text sectionThe text section
Additional information about accessibility that cannot be
displayed in the map:◦
Address
◦
Information about entrance to the building
◦
Possibilities to move inside the building
◦
Reserved parking places
◦
Barrier-free toilets
Special pictograms –
Prague organisation for wheelchair users
ConclusionConclusion
Over 3 years of work
Printed atlas in 4000 copies distributed free of charge to
wheelchair users
The concept of the atlas corresponds with the accessible atlas
that was published in Prague
Atlas update in 2014
We initiate to develop „cartographical interoperability“
in
accessibility mapping
Thank you.Thank you.
Jana OtrusinováTomáš
Řezník
