Kauê de Moraes Vestena
Kauê de Moraes Vestena, Master in Geodetic Sciences (UFPR - Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2021), Cartographic and Surveying Engineer (UFPR, 2017) and Technician in Surveying (UTFPR - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2012). Currently a Doctoral student in Geodetic Sciences at UFPR, with research focus on Accessibility Mapping with Open Tools and Data. With experience in Terrestrial Mobile Mapping Systems research and extension activities in the area of collaborative mapping.
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Sidewalks are a relevant part of the living space in urban environments, but there are still few mapped sidewalks. In recent years, the mapping of sidewalks has grown in importance among the OSM and academic communities. To cover up this gap, we propose a Github-hosted, fully open-source QGIS Plugin entitled "OSM SidewalKreator" to automatically draw for OSM the geometries of sidewalks crossings and kerb crossing interfaces. Furthermore, the tool gives the user the capacity to control the process. Then, deepen, improve, and increase the amount of sidewalk mapping in OpenStreetMap to improve accessibility and mobility worldwide.