An overview of FunGIS: Functional geospatial information system with an emphasis on aiding disabled people

摘要

This paper presents the design of the Functional Geospatial Information System (FunGIS), which is aimed at providing a comprehensive GIS service to disabled people. FunGIS provides features for fast, easy access to information and aids users find what they want and information querying. FunGIS enhances the information content for disabled people and the performance of the system in a comprehensive manner so that a) the possibility of integrating the system with live, working information sources and b) reduced information maintenance can be achieved. The technology and implementation considerations for FunGIS, performance evaluation and the lessons learnt have also been provided in this paper. Such systems are extremely useful in the African context for managing disabled people in that locations of important entities such as toilets, restaurants, fuel stations can be easily identified and become easily navigatable. The linguistics aids in FunGIS would provide further assistance in an Africa, where disparate people live in diverse areas.