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Universal Signage: The First Step in Making Cities More Accessible Of all the steps a city can take to make itself more pedestrian-friendly, developing a integral system of signage is both a quick and easy improvement that makes a world of difference--as shown by	Attaining Retail Operational Excellence With Indoor Location Technology As in-store technology continues to evolve, retailers are recognizing the need and opportunity to know everything that's happening in the store.	Replica Spins out from Sidewalk Labs The company uses modelling tools to give public agencies a comprehensive portrait of how, why, and where people travel across the city.
10 Technologies for Accessible, Affordable Cities Major cities are facing major crises. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, almost one billion people with disabilities will live in cities, representing 15% of total city dwellers.	AT&T and Gozio Health Pair up to Advance Wayfinding in Hospitals The entities have teamed up to expand the reach of Gozio's mobile wayfinding platform, which includes interactive maps and other features, to health systems nationwide.	Google Maps to Use AR to Help in Urban Wayfinding On Monday, Google Maps, the leading online map system in the world and a brand from Google, announced that they want to make it easier for people to find their way in busy urban spaces by using lar
What Technochauvinists Get Wrong About Maps So much.	Anyone Can Use Uber’s New Map-Making Tool You can use it to visualize any type of location-based data.	These GIFs Compare Cities' Metro Maps to Their Real Life Geography Metro and subway maps can tell us a lot about cities. What these "maps" rarely tell you with any reliability, though, is the actual geography of the city itself.
The Future Of Mapping, According To The Creators Of Google Earth John Hanke and Brian McClendon think mapping is vital to self-driving cars and augmented reality.	A Mapping Interface That Saves Lives MapSwipe’s clever design encourages users to map remote locations, helping aid workers find people during humanitarian crises.	The Race to Map the World in 3D Creating 3D maps of all city streetscapes is paramount to the future of self-driving cars. While we’re at it, can it also be helpful for cities?
New York Today—Color Coding the Subway Imagine if New York’s subway map had only three colors.	The Breakneck Evolution of Chinese Metro Systems A new gif shows the speed at which China's metro systems have been developed.	Insights From The National Mall Wayfinding Designer: Wayne Hunt Wayne Hunt Recently conducted a tour of the National Mall for the SEGD Experience and Exhibition Workshop.
Rethinking Subway Maps Paris-based architect Jug Cerovic has been reworking subway maps for the world's major cities. He started with his home city of Belgrade and proceeded to redo the Paris Metro map.

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