Slides used at our first Accessible Bath training event

1. Accessible Bath
8th February 2016
@BathHacked

2. Agenda
● Wheelmap Demo and Training (30 mins)
● Testing and exploration (15 mins)
● Accessibility definitions (15 mins)
● Event planning (15 mins)
● Next steps (15 mins)

3. Wheelmap.org
● General overview
● The interface and navigating the map
● Registration
● Location editing
● Adding locations
● The mobile applications
● Potential issues and problems

4. Wheelmap.org Overview
● Who made it?
● Where does the data come from?
● Where to go for help?
● How to report bugs?
● Supported platforms

5. Wheelmap.org Interface
● Multiple languages are supported
● Pan, zoom like google maps
● Can try and locate you automatically
– More accurate on mobile
● Filter by
– Accessibility rating
– Type of place
● Can search for locations
● Can view individual locations

6. Wheelmap.org Registration
● Register with OpenStreetMap
– This gives you permission to modify their data
● Some differences between web and mobile
applications
– Can skip email confirmation (bug?)
● Can edit your profile online
– Not essential though
● Provides some basic stats

7. Wheelmap.org Location Editing
● Accessibility rating
● Toilet accessibility
● Photo upload (note the guidance)
● Address, contact details
● Location type
● Notes
● Can use google search to find information

8. Wheelmap.org Adding Locations
● OSM has less places than Google
● This will affect our stats!
● Much easier in web interface
– Leads you through adding a location
● Need to know:
– Location
– Type of location
– Address
– Contact details
● May take a while to synchronise

9. Wheelmap.org Mobile Apps
● Mobile web application
● Android
● iOS
● Some differences in interface
– Across browser and mobile
– Across tablet and phone
● Registration simplified on phone
● Adding locations is slightly trickier

10. Wheelmap.org Potential Issues
● Registration
● Data synchronisation
● Not all node types supported
– Can ask for improvements
● Notes vs comments
– Reported an issue
● Limited space in comments fields

11. Wheelmap.org Mobile Apps
● Mobile web application
● Android
● iOS
● Some differences in interface
– Across browser and mobile
– Across tablet and phone
● Registration simplified on phone
● Adding locations is slightly trickier

12. Testing
● Have a play!

13. Testing
● Have a play!

14. Accessibility Definitions
● Mapping handout
● Suggestions from Philippa’s group
● What other help and tips can we provide
people?

15. Event Planning
● Types of event
– Training & mapping
● When to run them?
– Evening/weekend training?
– Weekend afternoon mapping?

16. Mapping Event Outline
●
Aim for 2-3 hours
●
Base of operations for the event
– Place to meet and beginning and end
● Encourage people to map in groups (2-3)
●
Co-ordinate to focus on specific areas
– Avoid overlaps
●
Have base of operations manned
– Late arrivals, desktop mapping
●
Meet at the end of the event
– Celebrate success, social afterwards?
●
Plenty of social media activity
– Raise awareness

17. Volunteers Needed
● Event planning and organisation
– A person to co-ordinate
● Leaderboard development
– Finalise the progress indicator
● Recruitment
– Several people, outreach, contact different groups
– Who should we target?
● Project co-ordinator
– Help as point of contact, progress updates

18. Next Steps
● Confirm date of public training event(s)
– Similar to this event but also do some mapping
– Early/mid April, ideally during day
● Confirm dates of mapping events
– Monthly over the summer?
– Event as part of digital festival?
● Start publicity
– Progress updates, share training materials
– Publicise events

19. your local open data project
Leigh Dodds, 10th February 2016
@BathHacked @ldodds