blindsquare - how to benefit open and crowd sourced geodata

How to benefit open and crowdsourced

geodata?

Ilkka Pirttimaa

Wednesday, September 19, 12

GPS

AR


Observation:

Blind find difficulties accessing public transport


Problem:

How to deliver information?


Solution:

Augemented Reality with Speech synthesis

(on device!)


Problem 2:

Where to get the data?


Public Transportation API’s :

There are just too many of them


(THINK BIG)


Solution :

Using POI’s and Street info

that are crowdsourced


Free APIFree servers

One of the largest POI databaseWell categorized

Provides “local recommendations”License is quite OK


StreetsCrossings

License is OK

Geonames.org provides services with SLA(with nice support)

OpenStreetMap


Demo - Walking in NY


Demo - Walking in NY

1) Your location (reverse geocoding)

2) Nearest crossing (OSM)

3) FourSquare check-in4) Place near me (distance + direction)


Demo - Car drive in Helsinki

http://youtu.be/hqH7t9jlBGY




Some Facts

12 EUR 16 USD7 languages

4 months >30 countries


What next?

More languagesOSM - Traffic lightsOSM - Entrances

Saved routesCity Guides


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