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Accessible Wayfinding Testbed: Infrastructure and Components

Karimi, Hassan A and Hashemi, Mahdi (2015) Accessible Wayfinding Testbed: Infrastructure and Components. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cloud Systems, 1 (2).

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Abstract

Despite considerable recent interest in research related to wayfinding and navigation of pedestrians, the needs and preferences of people with disabilities (PWDs) are not yet fully addressed. Some of still unaddressed issues are related to understanding the different mobility challenges of PWDs, while others are related to the accessibility of routes and navigation systems/services. Emergence of advanced systems and services that can assist PWDs in wayfinding and navigation calls for the development of an accessible wayfinding platform facilitating the evaluation of accessibility of indoor and outdoor routes. In this paper, we propose and present an accessible wayfinding testbed which has three components: database, accessibility index, and visualization. The database component includes networks of sidewalks outdoors and building elements indoors with accessibility elements for PWDs. The accessibility index determines the level of accessibility of each element in a network as is perceived by PWDs. The visualization component visualizes the routes, accessible and others, in a simple form allowing PWDs, urban planners, and software developers, among others, to evaluate the accessibility of the travelling environment. The paper discusses the details of the testbed and a prototype accessible wayfinding testbed.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Karimi, Hassan Ahkarimi@pitt.eduHKARIMI0000-0001-5331-5004
Hashemi, Mahdi
Date: 2015
Date Type: Publication
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Journal or Publication Title: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cloud Systems
Volume: 1
Number: 2
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.4108/icst.tridentcom.2015.259709
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Information Sciences > Information Science
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: accessible, way, finding, accessibility, database, accessibility, visualization, people, with, disabilities
Official URL: http://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/icst.tridentcom.2015.25...
Article Type: Research Article
Date Deposited: 15 Jun 2016 18:44
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2020 19:11
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/28201

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