Monday, January 26. 2009

Additional Tube Maps - Should there be only One?

The BBC reports on the availability of two new Tube Maps - one updates an existing "stair free" map, the other notes accessible restrooms. I'm all for more information about access, but wonder if a single useable map with all that information is possible?

I used to help build a haunted house as fund raiser. The head of the project always insisted we build to ADA regulations, even though we didn't have to do so. (My Mom would visit in her wheelchair to test it before we went live. She got a real kick out of that!) The project lead argued, and I know understand quite well, that meeting ADA requirements often means better design for all. That should be true for maps, too.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg at 07:07 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0) |

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Meeting ADA requirements generally does mean better design - but that's architecturally. London isn't capable of redesigning the entire Tube system.

Remember: maps attempt to mimic reality. But the reality of a wheel-chair bound person is very different from the reality of an able-bodied person. These maps reflect that ontological difference. It's very much similar to VFR and IFR maps for pilots.

#1 Eric Wolf on 2009-01-26 09:54 (Reply)

Adena,

I am trying to find the right person within Google to discuss plans if any to add payment capability to the Android product.

I have some expertise in the payment field and need to know who I should contact to discuss potential plans.

dsieb@yahoo.com

#2 Don Sieb (Link) on 2009-01-26 13:09 (Reply)

Sorry can't help you on that.

Adena

#2.1 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-01-26 14:51 (Reply)

One more map: from an insurance company. The number of steps between each station.

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/1/26/20246/6148/travel/Walk%2C+Don%92t+Ride%2C+London%27s+Underground+

#3 Adena Schutzberg (Link) on 2009-01-27 21:03 (Reply)

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