tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post5040496977309875039..comments2024-03-06T06:52:39.051-05:00Comments on The Lexington Streetsweeper: Grassroots WayfindingThe Lexington Streetsweeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951887343694165562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-40768209066572229412012-05-25T16:16:20.692-04:002012-05-25T16:16:20.692-04:00I've actually talked to Matt about how he did ...I've actually talked to Matt about how he did it and about getting this up in Lexington, specifically the Downtown and Campus area. He started a Kickstarter (called Walk Your City) for a site to help anyone create these signs and it was successfully funded.<br />He said one of the biggest obstacles of getting people to walk was breaking their over-estimations of how long it would take. That was one of the big purposes of his sign campaign, allow people to passively discover how close other things were. As a UK student, I myself was guilty of this. I would just hit Limestone and Euclid at lunch because I assumed everything else was farther away. It wasn't until I worked downtown and had to walk to campus that I realized it wasn't more than 10-15 minutes.<br /><br />I've already got a list of sign locations and destinations ready to go, once he gets the site up. Mainly point UK students towards Chevy Chase and Downtown, but also to parks and what not.<br /><br />Matt said he put up the initial 27 signs in one night with 2 other people, one who was just videotaping the whole thing. If he could do it with 2 people in one night I don't see why we couldn't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181376895011751398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-19216799833313238052012-03-20T23:02:40.670-04:002012-03-20T23:02:40.670-04:00Nick, I have been adding information to the OpenSt...Nick, I have been adding information to the OpenStreetMap of Lexington for about 6 or 7 months now. There is so much to do just to bring it up to acceptable, in my mind.The Lexington Streetsweeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951887343694165562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-60460752459378805102012-03-20T22:28:45.568-04:002012-03-20T22:28:45.568-04:00The pedestrian button on Google Maps is just ok, b...The pedestrian button on Google Maps is just ok, but it misses a lot of pieces. In Lexington, particularly, there are a lot of shortcuts - often through more interesting places - that Google doesn't route you through. Plus, if we force people to spend all their time looking down at their smartphones, they miss all the scenery anyway.<br /><br />In addition to signage projects like the one mentioned in the article, there are a few alternatives that I'm excited will improve pedestrian navigation. One is an app called <a href="http://www.lumatic.com/" rel="nofollow">Lumatic</a> that uses real-world photography to provide turn-by-turn walking navigation. The other is a technology called <a href="http://geoloci.com" rel="nofollow">GeoLoci</a> that enables location services to run more ambiently on smartphones without excessively draining the battery (a problem right now). Finally, <a href="http://openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow">OpenStreetMap</a> provides tools for anyone to contribute to a map of the world. This enables locals to add and update walking paths and parks that are missed by the major mapmakers, who are more focused on automobile navigation.<br /><br />All offer new ways at routing human beings (not just vehicles) through the walkable world.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408572214171433667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-76960699798758823022012-02-27T23:29:38.890-05:002012-02-27T23:29:38.890-05:00"It" sounds like the pedestrian button o..."It" sounds like the pedestrian button on google maps/directions.<br /><br />You need an app for that?<br /><br />- PJWB @ www.kaintuckeean.comPeter Brackneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09642382824262049978noreply@blogger.com