1. Charlotte Magnusson
HaptiMap coordinator

2. HaptiMap
The HaptiMap project is aimed at making maps and location based
services more accessible by using several senses like touch, hearing
and vision.
– developing tools that make it easier for developers to add adaptable
multimodal components (designed to improve accessibility) into their
applications
– raising the awareness of these issues via new guidelines and to suggest
extensions to existing design practices so that accessibility issues are
considered throughout the design process.
www.haptimap.org

3. HaptiMap goal
• In the HaptiMap project our goal is to increase the number of persons
who are able to use mainstream map services. Thus our user group
contains both sighted persons and persons with visual impairments
(including elderly persons).
www.haptimap.org

4. Achievements
Initial work:
• User studies
• User study guidelines – D1.2
• Industrial design practices
Check out
http://www.haptimap.org/documents.html
www.haptimap.org

5. Interaction design research
• Development of novel
techniques to support
wayfinding and navigation
www.haptimap.org

6. Design tools
• Guidelines
• Checklists
• Methods:
– situation induced impairments
– dynamic user experiences
• Simulation tools
• Etc see http://www.haptimap.org/designtools.html
www.haptimap.org

7. Toolkit
The toolkit provides a simple cross-platform API that abstracts
the complexities of
– dealing with haptic / audio / visual input and output on a cross-
platform basis
– retrieving, storing and manipulating geographic data
behind a simple interface, leaving user interface developers
free to concentrate on maximising the usability and
accessibility of their applications.
http://www.haptimap.org/downloads/haptimaptoolkit.html
www.haptimap.org

8. Demonstrators
Applications illustrating how it works:
– Juicy Beats Event Guide
– Pocket navigator
– Lund Time Machine
www.haptimap.org

9. Potential synergies
• Exchange of experiences & tools
• Joint events
• Joint dissemination
www.haptimap.org