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AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS: WHEELCHAIR USERS: CONCEPT, PRODUCTION AND BEYOND CONCEPT, PRODUCTION AND BEYOND Jana Otrusinov Tom eznk Masaryk University Department of
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Content Content
People with impaired mobility
Accessibility mapping
The map section of the Atlas
The text section of the Atlas
Conclusion
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People with impaired mobility People with impaired mobility
People with motoric handicap
Elder people
Pregnant women
People with babies in prams or children under 3 years old
Up to 30 % of population
People using an electric wheelchair have the highest requirements for accessibility
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Accessibility mapping Accessibility mapping
Identify locations in the city centre of Brno which are suitable for wheelchair users – mostly accessible locations
Took over 3 years
Parameters:
- Geographical locations and type of location
- An access to the building
- Accessibility possibilities inside the building
- Barrier-free toilets and reserved parking places
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Accessibility mapping Accessibility mapping -
- results
results
The geodatabase of accessible locations
Locations were divided according to accessibility
160 locations in geodatabase
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The Atlas The Atlas
Bi-lingual: Czech and English
A map section
- 19 pages of accessibility map of Brno city centre
- Map communication
- Map symbology
A text section
- 59 pages of information about accessibility which are not covered in the map
- Pictograms and text with additional details
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The map section The map section
A map – not only the presentation of spatial data but especially the way of communication between the cartographer and a map user
Map content corresponds with the content of geodatabase
Map sign – must be able to communicate:
- The type of location –
picture
- Accessibility –
colour
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The map section The map section
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The text section The text section
Additional information about accessibility that cannot be displayed in the map:
- Address
- Information about entrance to the building
- Possibilities to move inside the building
- Reserved parking places
- Barrier-free toilets
Special pictograms – Prague organisation for wheelchair users
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Conclusion Conclusion
Over 3 years of work
Printed atlas in 4000 copies distributed free of charge to wheelchair users
The concept of the atlas corresponds with the accessible atlas that was published in Prague
Atlas update in 2014
We initiate to develop „cartographical interoperability“ in accessibility mapping
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