Downloads

Get the Android app:

• from the Google Play Store
• or download the APK file: WalkersGuide-Android-2.1.2.apk

Change log

Version 2.1.2: (2022-11-14)

• PointFromCoordinatesLink dialog: Decode URL before parsing
• Minor improvements for the last known location retrieval

Version 2.1.1: (2022-09-25)

• Support for Android 13
• Added new context menu option “delete”, to remove entries from the point and route history
• Fixed broken VVO public transport provider
• Smaller bug fixes in the router tab

Version 2.1.0: (2022-07-17)

Router tab:

• Basic GPX file import
• Added dialog to jump to any route object
• Show elapsed / total distance in instruction label
• New option to show the exact bearing in degree to the next route point

Other:

• Additional options to create favorite points from the apps main menu
• Allow negative latitude / longitude values in the “Enter coordinates” dialog
• Several small bug fixes, for example in the route planner dialog

Version 2.0.0: (2022-04-17)

• Support for Android 12
• Separate tab for favorites
• Share points with other users
• Support for app shortcuts on device launcher
• Context menu for points and routes, UI simplified
• Many small improvements and bug fixes

Version 1.2.0: (2020-12-27)

• Dark mode support
• Settings import and export
• Departures and trip details views reworked
• PTE version from December 2020 fixes the broken VVO provider

Version 1.1.0: (2020-07-15)

• Trip details for public transport departures added
• New send-feedback dialog in the apps main menu

Warning:

The WalkersGuide app versions up to 0.5.1 are not longer supported.

Source code

GitHub Repositories:

• Server: git clone https://github.com/scheibler/WalkersGuide-Server.git
• Android Client: git clone https://github.com/scheibler/WalkersGuide-Android.git

Publications

The base for the WalkersGuide project was the diploma thesis with the title " “Navigationssystem für blinde Fußgänger und ÖPNV-Nutzer” (“Navigation system for blind walkers and public transportation users”). It was completed at the TU Dresden, faculty of computer science in march 2014.

The thesis starts with a state of the art chapter, which lists current navigation aids for the blind and also covers some related research projects. After that follows a list of user requirements. The main part contains a concept for such a navigation system, based on the priorly defined user requirements. One of the concept’s key components is the integration of the public transportation system into the route calculation process. After a chapter about the prototypal implementation follows an evaluation of the created navigation system.

The document is only available in German and can be downloaded here: PDF and BibTeX.