Crowdsourcing Accessibility Related Information From POI-Destinations in Finland

The use of Social media is growing fast. The objective of the SosPromo project was to investigate the possibilities of Social Media tools and processes as a rapid way of information collection and sharing to enable and support the mobility of the selected user group, people with some movement reducing factor. The actual implementation in SosPromo-project focused on crowdsourcing accessibility information from Points Of Interest, POIs (e.g. restaurants, cafes, shops) especially in the Helsinki capital region in Finland. This information can be used for personalised journey planning especially with disabled or elderly users or persons with temporary mobility restrictions, e.g. when moving in a city with a small child in a push chair. The introduced SosPromo concept enables further information sharing between different user groups.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Index title: Crowd Sourcing Accessibility Related Information From POI-Destinations in Finland.
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Tarkiainen, Mikko
  • Back, Asta
  • Hulkkonen, Juha
  • Konkkola, Kalle
• Conference:
  • 18th ITS World Congress
  • Location: Orlando Florida, United States
  • Date: 2011-10-16 to 2011-10-20
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: 18th ITS World Congress, Orlando, 2011. Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Crowdsourcing; Information dissemination; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Social media; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Traveler information and communication systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Points of interest
• Geographic Terms: Helsinki (Finland)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01485095
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 27 2013 9:17AM