Waymap smartphone app can help blind people navigate more trains and buses (www.weforum.org)

Waymap loads detailed mapping data onto a smartphone and uses motion sensors to offer precise directions.

• Designed to help visually impaired or blind pedestrians use more public trains and buses debuted at a Washington subway station in May.
• Waymap loads detailed mapping data onto a smartphone and uses motion sensors to offer precise directions.
• The app will be deployed in phases, with the goal of mapping 30 train stations and nearly 1,000 bus stops

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