Keep in mind that this is a college student project, not a product under
development.

Andy


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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 6:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] navatar, another way to find your way indoors!

I agree that the idea that this allows for blind people to get away from
using guide dogs is utterly ridiculous.  Although I am a cane user, I
have used a guide dog in the past.  How do they expect the blind person
to get to the building to begin with if they are a dog guide user?

Secondly, the issue of interior maps is definitely an issue, but not as
big an issue as some of you may believe.  Most major buildings now have
detailed digital maps as part of their maintenance programs.  For
example, all of the buildings at CMU have digital maps, and this has
nothing to do with accessibility.  It has everything to do with the
maintenance teams needing to know where cables are, even where the jacks
are in a given room.  Not to mention where walls are and duct work and
all that kind of good stuff.  It makes their jobs much easier when they
have that information.

Now, granted, not all buildings have these digital maps.  Also, getting
access to those maps as an individual may be difficult, there are
certain security issues with giving out that information to just
anybody.  But, it is possible, and I expect that if this is done
correctly, it will have much wider application than just for the blind.

-- 
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Senior Oracle Database Administrator
Carnegie Mellon University.
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