From the advent of the digital era, new powerful technologies have shown, on one hand, important progresses towards the mankind necessity and, on the other hand, a progressive isolation of individuals. In this work, we present a social application we have developed to support people with disabilities. Our application leverages on the popularity of smart phones and on the Web 2.0 paradigm to pervasively and invisibly collect information about the accessibility or city roads. This information is then used to provide a Google Maps-like service to determine an accessible path between any two locations for users with a certain disability (e.g., people on a wheelchair).
C. E. Palazzi, L. Teodori, M. Roccetti (2010). PATH 2.0: A Participatory System for the Generation of Accessible Routes. PISCATAWAY, NJ : IEEE Communications Society.
PATH 2.0: A Participatory System for the Generation of Accessible Routes
ROCCETTI, MARCO
2010
Abstract
From the advent of the digital era, new powerful technologies have shown, on one hand, important progresses towards the mankind necessity and, on the other hand, a progressive isolation of individuals. In this work, we present a social application we have developed to support people with disabilities. Our application leverages on the popularity of smart phones and on the Web 2.0 paradigm to pervasively and invisibly collect information about the accessibility or city roads. This information is then used to provide a Google Maps-like service to determine an accessible path between any two locations for users with a certain disability (e.g., people on a wheelchair).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
