I'm not knocking the Wayfinder system and I feel sure it has a place in the
scheme of things, but not everyone is comfortable with technology and some
people may attend events presuming there would be standard tactile markings
to assist them, whether they be guide dog owners or long cane users.
Even using such technologies as the Wayfinder, people without any useful
vision find tactile markings a great reassurance that they are on track.
Alison
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- From: "David Griffith" <daj.griffith@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 16:48:21 +0100
I wonder if I could seek any knowledge or experience from people using the
Wayfinder system.
To explain I am on the Built Environment Access Panel for the LLODC and as
such I help scrutinise developments in and around the Olympic Park area of
London.
An ongoing point of discussion I have with various Architect teams is their use
of open spaces without any environmental aids, such as guided tactile paving to
assist long cane users to, for example, navigate to walkways and bridges.
It has been suggested to me on this Panel that the Wayfinder system would be a
more realistic technological solution to enabling visually impaired people to
traverse open spaces, rather than installing tactile markers.
Does anybody have formal or personal feedback - negative or positive on the
usefulness of the Wayfinder system and whether it is a suitable option for
navigating open spaces?
David Griffith
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