UniBS4All

Arenghi, Alberto; Belometti, Simone; Brignoli, Francesca; Fogli, Daniela; Gentilin, Fulvio; Plebani, Nicola

doi:10.1145/3284869.3284900

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“…To solve the issues Fig. 3 Distribution of the analyzed papers according to the type of application/device about architecture compatibility, a few studies illustrate applications for both the operating systems, exploiting also hybrid solutions (e.g., [12,44,100]).…”

Section: Mobile Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Papers that adopt a UD approach propose applications that could be used by any kind of user, regardless of her/his disability or temporary impairment condition, through a proper setting of user profile in the application. UniBS4All [12,59] pursues this goal for outdoor wayfinding and navigation, by providing route generation for private cars and public transportation, beyond accessible pedestrian paths; users that do not declare any type of disability can use the application as well, finding the same features of well-known commercial map navigators. A similar approach is adopted in [10], where the goal is making a university campus accessible to all students and visitors.…”

Section: All Usersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Prandi

Mirri

Fogli

2021

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Urban environments, university campuses, and public and private buildings often present architectural barriers that prevent people with disabilities and special needs to move freely and independently. This paper presents a systematic mapping study of the scientific literature proposing devices, and software applications aimed at fostering accessible wayfinding and navigation in indoor and outdoor environments. We selected 111 out of 806 papers published in the period 2009–2020, and we analyzed them according to different dimensions: at first, we surveyed which solutions have been proposed to address the considered problem; then, we analyzed the selected papers according to five dimensions: context of use, target users, hardware/software technologies, type of data sources, and user role in system design and evaluation. Our findings highlight trends and gaps related to these dimensions. The paper finally presents a reflection on challenges and open issues that must be taken into consideration for the design of future accessible places and of related technologies and applications aimed at facilitating wayfinding and navigation.

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Section: Mobile Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: All Usersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Prandi

Mirri

Fogli

2021

Univ Access Inf Soc

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“…The second group of empirical studies focuses on user perspectives and pays particular attention to criteria such as user satisfaction and the usefulness of route planning tools. For instance, Arenghi et al [13] carried out a usability experiment involving two versions of a mobile application for accessible wayfinding and navigation in an urban university campus. Among their identified design issues was the ability for users with physical disabilities to indicate the presence of barriers.…”

Section: Empirical Studies Of Route Planners For Use By Pedestriansmentioning

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Pedestrian Routing and Perspectives: WayFinder’s Route down the Lane—Come on with the Rain

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Navarra

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et al. 2021

IJGI

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People living in urban areas are often exposed to heat and inundation caused by heavy rains. Therefore, pedestrian routing in areas exposed to weather-related threats can be of value to citizens. In this study, water accumulated on roads, sidewalks and footpaths after rainfall and snowmelt was used as a case of adverse environmental conditions. Pedestrian routing was implemented in the web tool WayFinder and a group of 56 participants tested the tool in Trondheim, Norway. The study aimed to gain insight into their perspectives on the implemented pedestrian routing functionality to examine to what extent pedestrians find such functionality helpful for navigating in regions that are likely to be inundated. Each participant was asked to (1) use the tool in practice; (2) when walking, report on observed inundated areas; and (3) complete three questionnaires to provide feedback on the WayFinder tool. Although most of the participants were successful in using WayFinder, they preferred the selection of routes that passed through areas likely to be inundated and obtaining information about the risks than selecting a single route suggestion that already avoided exposed areas.

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Smart Campus: Fostering the Community Awareness Through an Intelligent Environment

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Interconnected computational devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) context make possible to collect real-time data about a specific environment. The IoT paradigm can be exploited together with data visualization techniques to put into effect intelligent environments, where pervasive technologies enable people to experience and interact with the generated data. In this paper, we present a case study where these emerging areas and related technologies have been explored to benefit communities, making their members actively involved as central players of such an intelligent environment. To give practical effect to our approach, we designed and developed a system, named Smart Campus, composed of: i) an infrastructure made of sensors to collect real-time data in a University Campus, and ii) a rich web-based application to interact with spatio-temporal data, available in a public interactive touch monitor. To validate the system and grasp insights, we involved 135 students through a survey, and we extracted meaningful data from the interactive sessions with the public display. Results show that this Campus community understood the potential of the system and students are willing to actively contribute to it, pushing us to better investigate future scenarios where students can participate with ideas, visualizations/services to integrate into the web-based system, as well as sensors to plug into the infrastructure.

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UniBS4All

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Accessible wayfinding and navigation: a systematic mapping study

Pedestrian Routing and Perspectives: WayFinder’s Route down the Lane—Come on with the Rain

Smart Campus: Fostering the Community Awareness Through an Intelligent Environment

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