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Anyuser navigation is the capability of UNAVIT to provide navigation assistance that will best meet the needs and preferences of users which may vary greatly. In order to better understand users’ needs and preferences, users are grouped into the following five categories: general population, mobility-impaired, visually-impaired, cognitively-impaired and elderly. Current navigation systems primarily address the needs and preferences of the general population category and fall short in handling the special needs and preferences of users in the other four categories. There are permanent physical barriers in both outdoor and indoor environments that affect mobility of users in each category. Examples of permanent environmental barriers in outdoor sidewalk segments include slope, surface, and curbs; those in indoor hallway networks might include protruding objects and width. There are also temporary environmental barriers in both the outdoors and indoors that affect mobility of users in each category. Examples of such temporary barriers in the outdoors are snow, rain, and darkness; barriers that might exist indoors include construction and out-of-order elevators.
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Karimi, H.A. (2011). Anyuser Navigation. In: Universal Navigation on Smartphones. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7741-0_7
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