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MEP (Maps for Easy Paths) is a project for the enrichment of geographical maps with information about accessibility of urban pedestrian pathways, targeted at people with mobility problems and, in particular, with motor impairments. In this paper we describe the application to collect data along the paths travelled by target people and show experimental results.
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This research is funded by the Polisocial Award program, granted by Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
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Comai, S., De Bernardi, E., Matteucci, M., Salice, F. (2017). Maps for Easy Paths (MEP): Enriching Maps with Accessible Paths Using MEP Traces. In: Gaggi, O., Manzoni, P., Palazzi, C., Bujari, A., Marquez-Barja, J. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. GOODTECHS 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 195. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61949-1_27
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