Metro for all, or let no one leave offended
Today NextGIS has launched its new project “Metro for All” . It allows Muscovites and Petersburgers to better navigate the subway, its entrances / exits and crossings, and plan its route, taking into account such parameters as the presence of an escalator, ramp, and others.
Details under the cut.
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Provide people with disabilities with a convenient subway navigation tool indicating obstacles and restrictions for their movements.
To solve this problem, data were collected on the obstacles in moving through all stations of the Moscow metro and St. Petersburg.
Including:
Detailed maps of subway exit locations based on open data and OpenStreetMap have been compiled, mapping them to each other, greatly improving and refining existing data.
On the basis of the collected data and information about the outputs, an analysis was carried out of what obstacles a person would encounter when entering a certain exit of a certain station and exit to another, as well as during transfers.
Detailed diagrams of all stations were drawn showing the obstacles (I have not yet found where to look, but this is the most interesting). But as the developers say:
In order to take advantage of all this, mobile and web applications have been developed that allow you to quickly lay out several route options between the entrance / station and station / exit and show what obstacles will be encountered along the way.
Despite the fact that the service is initially focused on people with disabilities, I think it will be useful to ordinary citizens in some cases. For example, when transporting oversized luggage in the subway (they now have the option “I am with a trolley”), but information about escalators, ramps and ramps will be useful for cyclists as well (according to the rules you can only transport a bicycle in “not working” condition front wheel, although in fact bmx'ery and other comrades do not remove it), and moms with wheelchairs, and tourists with suitcases on wheels and many others. And the information is not superfluous in any case.
In general, the project, in my opinion, is very interesting and you can develop it much where. And if we consider that by August of the next year free Internet (Wi-Fi) is promised in the Moscow metro, everything appears in an even better light. Therefore, I wish the guys good luck and success in the development of their project!
PS I myself am not connected with the NextGIS team in any way, so if you find any bugs or want to share your impressions of the project, write better here info@nextgis.ru . Although, at Habré is present Maxim Dubinin: gislab , so, share your impressions and in the comments.
Details under the cut.
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Project task
Provide people with disabilities with a convenient subway navigation tool indicating obstacles and restrictions for their movements.
Decision
To solve this problem, data were collected on the obstacles in moving through all stations of the Moscow metro and St. Petersburg.
Including:
- passages (turnstiles, escalators, doors)
- stairs
- ramps and ramps (rails)
- elevators
Detailed maps of subway exit locations based on open data and OpenStreetMap have been compiled, mapping them to each other, greatly improving and refining existing data.
On the basis of the collected data and information about the outputs, an analysis was carried out of what obstacles a person would encounter when entering a certain exit of a certain station and exit to another, as well as during transfers.
Detailed diagrams of all stations were drawn showing the obstacles (I have not yet found where to look, but this is the most interesting). But as the developers say:
We made the schemes for all stations, but they still need to be improved. We will lay out the scheme gradually, in whole lines, which will be reported in the news.
In order to take advantage of all this, mobile and web applications have been developed that allow you to quickly lay out several route options between the entrance / station and station / exit and show what obstacles will be encountered along the way.
For all
Despite the fact that the service is initially focused on people with disabilities, I think it will be useful to ordinary citizens in some cases. For example, when transporting oversized luggage in the subway (they now have the option “I am with a trolley”), but information about escalators, ramps and ramps will be useful for cyclists as well (according to the rules you can only transport a bicycle in “not working” condition front wheel, although in fact bmx'ery and other comrades do not remove it), and moms with wheelchairs, and tourists with suitcases on wheels and many others. And the information is not superfluous in any case.
In general, the project, in my opinion, is very interesting and you can develop it much where. And if we consider that by August of the next year free Internet (Wi-Fi) is promised in the Moscow metro, everything appears in an even better light. Therefore, I wish the guys good luck and success in the development of their project!
PS I myself am not connected with the NextGIS team in any way, so if you find any bugs or want to share your impressions of the project, write better here info@nextgis.ru . Although, at Habré is present Maxim Dubinin: gislab , so, share your impressions and in the comments.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/194868/
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