About
Wayfinding at UBC - Okanagan Campus is a web map application enabling the UBC community to interact with and navigate the Okanagan campus located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples. With over 50 buildings on the 150-hectare campus, finding a building and navigating across campus can be challenging, especially if this is your first time to a particular location.
This application specifically targets the exterior pedestrian environment to improve mobility through the Okanagan campus, connecting users to their desired destinations. The application provides users with the ability to select routes that avoid mobility constraints (e.g., stairs and steep slopes) and route to specific infrastructure designed to facilitate accessibility, such as exterior building ramps and automatic door entrances.
Finding a Location
The Search for a place function allows users to search by several different criteria:
location name (or part of a name), building code, or address.
Enter a search term in the box and select the name in the drop-down list to Search. A blue circle will appear on the location and some additional general information is provided in a pop-up.
Users can also search by clicking on a building on the map or one of the Searchable Icons listed below. If clicking produces more than 1 result, click the arrow (Next Feature) on the bottom right of the pop-up.
For navigation, click the Directions button, select one of the 3 modes listed below and enter a starting location and desitinion to display the directions. Click the X to clear the search.
- Walk - the shortest route
- Accessible - barrier free route to accessible entrances which avoids steep and moderate slopes
- Bike/Roll - bike friendly route
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Written Directions - provides the step-by-step directions |
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Zoom to my location - only available on mobile devices while on campus |
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Some additional basemaps include:
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Searchable Icons
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Faculties and Schools |
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Campus Services |
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UBC Okanagan Attractions |
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Okanagan Library |
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Restaurants and Cafes, includes UBC Okanagan Food Services |
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Grocery and Shopping |
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Recreation facilities |
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UBC Buildings |
Other Icons displayed on map
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Active Construction Sites |
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Building Entrances (accessible with powered door) |
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Building Entrances (not accessible) |
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Emergency Phones - Campus Security - 250-807-9236 (non-emergency) or 250-807-8111 (emergency) |
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Parking Services |
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Biking on Campus |
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Kelowna Regional Transit System (BC Transit) |
Contact
General inquiries on the site, please email wayfinding.ok@ubc.ca
Users of the site can report any errors, omissions, or updates to the wayfinding information or navigation by completing the survey.
Note: Only main and some secondary entrances are shown. This application targets first time navigation to a location, once users are familar with the building, there will be more efficient routes not shown here.
Other Resources and Information
- Campus Planning (Okanagan) and Campus & Community Planning (Vancouver)
- Disability Resource Centre
- Facilities Management - If you see a space on campus that needs help email with the location and issue.
- Centre for Workplace Accessibility
- UBC Equity & Inclusion Office
- Learning Spaces
- Aira (visual interpreting service)
- Canada Video Relay Service (VRS)