Roledrinks Hamburg #1 Hamburg, 17. August 2016

Accessible Spatial Information

Non-visual maps

for orientation

Christian Graf

Who I am

#userexperience #userresearch #concept #productmanagement #innovation #a11y #agile #teamwork #10years+ #uxlead

#designthinking #creativityjam #uxroundtable #fes-stip #startsocial #mentor+coach

#unimd #computervisualistics #fhg #iese #unihro #igd-r #unihb #cosy #Ph.D

#kiel #bih #sarajevo #magdeburg #newzealand #auckland #christchurch #rostock #kaiserslautern #bremen #hamburg

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Some of my References

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Intro

Accessibility

Inclusion

Universal Design

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Intro

Universal Geographical Information Services (GIS)

Accessible GIS

Wheelmap

for mobility impaired users

such as wheelchair users, people with strollers/carts etc.

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Accessible GIS

Openstreetmap

Open Data, Creative Commons

Layers with different data, such as curbs, surface information, landmarks, POI ...

Contribute & add what is missing

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GIS for Visually Impaired People

Spatial Information

at Your Fingertips

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My dissertation about tactile map abstraction

Maps for Visually Impaired Persons

For orientation & wayfinding, for travel preparation → pre-journey.

New concepts for tactile maps →ease learning; means: data reduction +

schematization (abstract road geometry &intersection geometry).

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Example for Abstraction: Port de Soller

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Conclusion

Universal design has not arrived maps yet. But there is plenty of open source geographic data

and methods to process it.

Do something for inclusive GIS!

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Dr. Christian Graf

cgraf@uxessible.com

+49-178-4148006

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