Development of a Community Mapping App for the Non-Ambulatory

Roles

• Research lead at HGU

• Worked with UX Group & Computer science Group at HGU, and Pohang city welfare officials

Goals

• Understanding the non-ambulatory’s needs and difficulties to learn coffee making and service strategies

• Developing a crowdsourced platform, a community mapping app, to provide information about the accessible facilities.

Details

• Funded by Korea Telecom (KT) ; the largest South Korean telecommunications company

• Conducted interviews with the non-ambulatory

• Established Design Guidelines of system interface and interaction design for the non-ambulatory

Background & User Research

We conducted user research with the non-ambulatory

“I want to check if there are bumps on the way to the parking lot and an accessible bathroom at where I am going to, but there is no service that provides such information.”

“When we go to a restaurant, we often come back because the disabled cannot enter. So, I need to search for the information about the place before I go to travel.”

Analysis & Wireframe

After analyzing the result of user research and literature reviews, we developed the structure of a community mapping app for the non-ambulatory. Users can provide the information that the non-ambulatory need through the app.

Developing Prototypes

• Text written on the app was translated in English.

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