The Accessible Navigation Solution

For millions of people with disabilities, navigating the world can be incredibly difficult. Existing mainstream mapping technologies do not provide information about accessibility-focused geolocation data, such as accessible zebra crossings, wheelchair services, and many more. This limitation results in increased travel times and also reduced independence for people with disabilities.

We bridge this gap. We are building an open database, for charities and companies to use and to update, of accessibility-focused geolocation points, such as zebra crossings, wheelchair services, and more. The data layers can be added by any verified user, such as team 15's project SightLinks did for zebra crossings.

The data is presented through our integratable web widget which allows charities and businesses to implement it in their existing websites. The intuitive UI allows users to easily select the data layer they most need at that moment, for example, zebra crossings.

Every location point has a description, and a link to Google maps to navigate to it, with an option to report additional accessibility features / warnings, for example, that the zebra crossing has a sound feature. Our widget is developed with accessibility standards in mind and meets the majority of WCAG 2.2 guidelines with accessibility features such as hands-free voice support, black and yellow themes, dyslexia-friendly font style, and focus mode.

The key achievement of our system is the open database of geolocation-focused data with more than 700 geolocation points already added. We allow charities to add more accessibility-focused data layers and enrich our dataset. We also provide an easily integratable web widget that can be added to any website with ease. Our widget achieves a remarkable accessibility standard way beyond the industry status quo. Thanks to our system, any charity or company can now display their geolocation data in an accessible way.