Paddy welcomes this initiative and hopes that many people will benefit from it.
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise Ó Muirí, will launch the new Dublin City Council wayfinding mobile application, “Walk Dublin” on Thursday 22nd November 2012.
The app is an initiative of Dublin City Council and has been developed to compliment the wayfinding system that was successfully introduced throughout the city in 2011. Point The Way GPS Ltd, on behalf of Dublin City Council, worked closely with the National Council for the Blind of Ireland in developing the accessibility features of the app for the visually impaired. The App has been developed by Point The Way GPS Ltd for iphone and is free to download from the Apple App store.
“This new facility will compliment the recently installed wayfinding and signage scheme that has been erected around the city. The function of the wayfinding app is to assist people in successfully navigating their way around the city and to obtain information about the key cultural and institutional attractions in the city. The app provides for one hundred points of interest ranging from the smaller cultural destinations to the city’s national cultural destinations” said the Lord Mayor.
“Dublin City Council is proud to be leading the way in introducing “Walk Dublin”. This app will enhance accessibility in and around the city greatly. We have worked in conjunction with the National Council for the Blind of Ireland in developing the audio element of the app and I know that it will be a great success and that everyone who uses it will find it beneficial and informative” said the City Manager, John Tierney.
“This app will enable those people with sight loss who use smart phone technology to navigate safely within Dublin city, whilst at the same time finding out places of interest in their surroundings” said Stuart Lawler from the National Council for the Blind of Ireland.