[Access Lunch] "Mapping Accessibility: Enriching sidewalk data using Project Sidewalk" & other workshops next week!

[Peya Mowar]

Hi everyone,
The CMU libraries are having data-oriented workshops next week, and this
one on sidewalk accessibility might be of interest to you.
Thanks and regards,
Peya

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From: Jessica Benner <jbenner at andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Subject: "Mapping Accessibility: Enriching sidewalk data using Project
Sidewalk" & other workshops next week!
To: GIS Services in University Libraries <ul-gis-services at andrew.cmu.edu>,
Jessica Benner <jbenner at andrew.cmu.edu>


Hi All,

Next week is Love Data Week! Check out our line up of workshops
<https://guides.library.cmu.edu/lovedataweek> from CMU Libraries (some in
person, some virtual) and consider attending some.

We will be having one *in-person* on Friday February 16th 11:30 am-1:00 pm
that is GIS oriented on enriching sidewalk data with accessibility
information. Details below.

Please share with anyone who you think may be interested. All are welcome :D

Jessica
Mapping Accessibility: Enriching sidewalk data using Project Sidewalk
- Registration
recommended <https://cmu.libcal.com/calendar/workshops/project-sidewalk>

Do you think sidewalk data or sidewalk accessibility are important? Join us
for a workshop on the importance of sidewalk data and a tutorial on Project
Sidewalk <https://makeabilitylab.cs.washington.edu/projects/sidewalk/>, a
tool that allows you to enrich sidewalk data with accessibility
information. Project sidewalk is a project of the Make Ability Lab at the
University of Washington and currently has data for 11 cities,
including Pittsburgh
PA <https://sidewalk-pittsburgh.cs.washington.edu/>. The labels you add
during the workshop or later impact city planning in the city you enrich,
and help build mapping tools and algorithms that are accessibility-aware.
We hope you will continue to add data throughout the semester and beyond.

No previous experience is required. This will be a hands-on
workshop--please bring a laptop.

*Presenters:*

*Eric Sinagra* <https://pathvu.com/ourmission.php> - Co-Founder and CEO of
PathVu - a company focused on sidewalk accessibility. Eric graduated in
2014 with an M.S. in Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the
University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
after completing his undergraduate degrees in Physics and mathematics from
Duquesne University.

*Jessica Benner* <https://www.library.cmu.edu/about/people/jessica-benner> -
Librarian and GIS Specialist at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
Jessica is a liaison to several departments at CMU and has studied
motivations for collaborative mapping projects like OpenStreetMap and how
these tools are used to map the physical accessibility of urban spaces.

Jessica
-- 

*Jessica G. Benner (she/they)*
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

:: Specialist for GIS, Spatial Data & Mapping
:: Liaison to Computer Science Department, Philosophy, Information
Networking Institute,
   Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy

Sorrells Library | 4406 Wean Hall
8-2426 or (304) 268-7672 | *Schedule a meeting
<https://cmu.libcal.com/appointments/jbenner>*
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