Personalized accessibility map (PAM): a novel assisted wayfinding approach for people with disabilities

Annals of GIS

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-108

  Karimi, Hassan A ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Benner, Jessica G ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

accessibility map; accessibility requirements; disabilities; pedestrian navigation service; social navigation network

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; MAPPING; MOBILITY; NAVIGATION; PEDESTRIAN; STUDENT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84898946362     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2014.904438     Document Type: Article

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