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AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR AN ATLAS OF BRNO CITY CENTRE FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS: WHEELCHAIR USERS: CONCEPT, PRODUCTION AND BEYOND CONCEPT, PRODUCTION AND BEYOND Jana Otrusinová Tomáš Ř ezník Masaryk University Department of Geography Laboratory on Geoinformatics and Cartography 26th International Cartographic Conference, Dresden, 25 – 30 August 2013

Project cooperation Project cooperation Masaryk University  Brno City Municipality  League for Wheelchair Users Rights  Prague Organization of Wheelchair Users 

Content Content People with impaired mobility  Accessibility mapping  The map section of the Atlas  The text section of the Atlas  Conclusion 

People with impaired mobility People with impaired mobility People with motoric handicap  Elder people  Pregnant women  People with babies in prams or children under 3 years old  Up to 30 % of population  People using an electric wheelchair have the highest  requirements for accessibility

Accessibility mapping Accessibility mapping Identify locations in the city centre of Brno which are suitable for  wheelchair users – mostly accessible locations Took over 3 years  Parameters:  ◦ Geographical locations and type of location ◦ An access to the building ◦ Accessibility possibilities inside the building ◦ Barrier-free toilets and reserved parking places

Accessibility mapping - - results Accessibility mapping results The geodatabase of accessible locations  Locations were divided according to accessibility  160 locations in geodatabase 

The Atlas The Atlas Bi-lingual: Czech and English  A map section  ◦ 19 pages of accessibility map of Brno city centre ◦ Map communication ◦ Map symbology A text section  ◦ 59 pages of information about accessibility which are not covered in the map ◦ Pictograms and text with additional details

The map section The map section A map – not only the presentation of spatial data but especially  the way of communication between the cartographer and a map user Map content corresponds with the content of geodatabase  Map sign – must be able to communicate:  ◦ The type of location – picture ◦ Accessibility – colour

The map section The map section

The text section The text section Additional information about accessibility that cannot be  displayed in the map: ◦ Address ◦ Information about entrance to the building ◦ Possibilities to move inside the building ◦ Reserved parking places ◦ Barrier-free toilets Special pictograms – Prague organisation for wheelchair users 

Conclusion Conclusion Over 3 years of work  Printed atlas in 4000 copies distributed free of charge to  wheelchair users The concept of the atlas corresponds with the accessible atlas  that was published in Prague Atlas update in 2014  We initiate to develop „cartographical interoperability“ in  accessibility mapping

Thank you. Thank you. Jana Otrusinová Tomáš Ř ezník