Downloads

Get the Android app:

• from the Google Play Store
• or download the APK file: WalkersGuide-Android-1.2.0.apk

Change log

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.