[gps-talkusers] Re: Fwd: Mapping the Disney Resort

Hi, List!

This would really be a wonderful thing for people to be able to utilize when at 
this resort. I hope this gets done! Thanks to John for taking on this project! 
Many cheers from me to him!

 Diane Garrett/Leader Daisy
Email: dianegarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: (918) 664-5731


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Kim Casey <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:42:14 -0800
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Fwd: Mapping the Disney Resort

>Hello everyone,
>I received the following message and wanted to forward it to the list to
>see if anyone has been to Disneyland and tried to map out the grounds?
>Thanks,
>Kim

>>HI,
>>I use the Braille Note with Version 2 of the GPS maps.
>>I work for Disney Travel and book the reservations into our three Disney
>>hotels at the disneyland Resort.
>>I was the first totally blind person hired at the resort in 2003.
>>The resort would also like to begin hiring blind and visually impaired
>>individuals to other resort jobs besides hotel reservations in the future
>>and I have been invited to help with this process.
>>While talking with my supervisor about those jobs blind people could not
>>currently do at the theme parks, I mentioned that getting around
>>disneyland, California Adventure and Down town disney without sighted
>>assistance would be difficult if not impossible.
>>I have always wanted to take my Braille Note with GPS and map out the parks.
>>She thought that was a great idea and we are planning on spending several
>>days at disneyland to se if this experiment would work.
>>If disneyland works out I could then do the same for California Adventure,
>>Down town disney and the three resort hotels.

>>I am wondering if anyone has tried to walk through disneyland and
>>basically create wave points and points of interest in files that could be
>>used for other blind people.
>>In creating such a file it would be possible for blind people to navigate
>>around disneyland and could also result in blind people being hired to
>>work in the park.
>>Do you know if anyone has attempted this project?
>>My experience with using GPS is very limmited in that I just haven't had
>>the time to spend since being hired by disney Travel.
>>My goal is to become very vamiliar with the various keystrokes and
>>commands which would then allow me to create POIS and Wave Points in a
>>Disneyland file which I could ultimately share with other blind people who
>>might want to visit the park on their own.
>>I was planning to identify every trash can, bench, restaurant, shop,
>>bathroom and attraction in this file.

>>Perhaps others could do something similar for other amusement parks in
>>California and throughout the country and world.
>>What do you think?
>>Is such a project feasible?
>>John

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