CityGuide: a seamless indoor–outdoor wayfinding system for people with vision impairments

• Published in: Universal access in the information society Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 1843 - 1855
• Main Authors: Cheraghi, Seyed Ali, Namboodiri, Vinod, Arsal, Güler
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Blindness; Built environment; College campuses; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Computer vision; Computers and Society; Global positioning systems; GPS; Human subjects; Indoor environments; Information society; Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); IT in Business; Long Paper; Outdoors; People with disabilities; Satellite navigation systems; Smartphones; Soundscapes; Urban environments; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Visual impairment; Wayfinding; Blind or Low Vision; Assistive Technologies; Accessibility; Beacons; Build Environments; Wayfinding

The accuracy of satellite-based positioning systems is poor in indoor environments and around built environments. Reading and following visual cues still remain the most common mechanism for providing and receiving wayfinding information in such spaces. This reliance on visual function for wayfindin...