Mapping handicapped accessibility facilities for GIS

Mapping handicapped accessibility facilities
at Ferris State University

A SURE325 (Introduction to Geographical Information System) course project.
Students: Brian Romsek, Sarah London, and Nick Battjes
Supervised by Prof. Yaron Felus, and Carl Shangraw.

The project goal is to map all the handicapped accessibility facilities
at Ferris State University according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.

Accessible Buildings	Accessible Buildings	Partially Accessible
Racquet and Fitness Center	Student Recreation Center	Miller Hall – first floor only accessible
General Services Building	Timme Center for Student Services	Taggart Hall – first floor is only accessible
Heavy Equipment Technology	Birkam Health Center	Wheeler Pavilion – concession stand and ticket counter area are accessible
Ewigleben Sports Complex	Music Building	Johnson Hall – first floor, second floor, and dean’s office are accessible
South Commons (Feat. The Rock Café)	National Elastomer Center	Vandercook Hall – first floor and lobby are accessible
Creative Arts Center	Swan Building	Helen Ferris Hall – first floor is only accessible
West Campus Apartments ( North, South )	FLITE Library	Masselink Hall (feat. Mascar Grill) – first floor, lobby, and Mascar are accessible
Pickell Hall	Rankin Center	West Building/Alumni/Prakken – first floor is only accessible
Bishop Hall	Science Building
Cramer Hall	Arts & Sciences Commons
College of Business	Starr Building
Pennock Hall	Williams Auditorium
Public Safety	Automotive Center
College of Pharmacy	Granger Center for Construction and HVACR
Instructional Resource Center (IRC)	Victor F. Spathelf Center (College of Allied Health Sciences)

Datasets (compressed shape files):

Buildings
Roads
Parking lots
Curb cuts
Memorial Trees
Sidewalks
Curbs
FSU border (approximated)
Accessible parking
Accessible routes
Accessible ramps
Accessible elevators
Accessible entrances
Accessible WC
Images (about 50 Megabytes)

Download ESRI’s ArcExplorer software to view these data-files

Mapping handicapped accessibility facilities at Ferris State University

Mapping handicapped accessibility facilities
at Ferris State University