Insights on DeepWalk

Our blog offers insights, updates, and guidance on using DeepWalk's platform for sidewalk inspections, program implementation, and ADA transition plans. Explore case studies and practical tips on how municipalities and consultants can expedite accessibility efforts using iPhone LiDAR technology.

FAQ

Sidewalk Grading Algorithm Overview

The Sidewalk Scoring Alogirthm is designed to evaluate sidewalk based on various criteria critical to pedestrian accessibility.

How to Export Trimble Data to DeepWalk: A 3-Step Migration Guide

How to export Trimble data: step-by-step guide to migrating LAS point clouds, sidewalk images, and camera calibration files to DeepWalk Drive

Free Sidewalk Mileage: How Cities Use DeepWalk and OpenStreetMaps in Preparation for Sidewalk Assessments

Discover how cities can use OpenStreetMap and DeepWalk to estimate sidewalk mileage and build a complete, field-verified pedestrian inventory.

How to Create an Implement Program on DeepWalk

Turn sidewalk scan data into funded repair programs. Assign treatment types, add cost estimates, and activate your team's work orders in DeepWalk.

How to Add and Onboard New Users on DeepWalk

Learn how to add and onboard new users to DeepWalk's sidewalk maintenance platform

How to Reset Your Password on DeepWalk

Learn how to reset your password on DeepWalk in just a few steps. Visit app.deepwalkresearch.com, request a reset link, and follow the instructions sent to your email.

How To: Use DeepWalk Flex For Sidewalk Measurements

How To: Register as a New User on DeepWalk

A step-by-step guide to registering as a new user in DeepWalk’s web application, including sign-in, organization setup, project creation, data access preferences, and team management for seamless collaboration.

Abi Kavanagh

February 12, 2026

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Case Study

Edina Proves Smarter Sidewalk Data Drives Better Communities

Discover how Edina, MN piloted DeepWalk's iPhone LiDAR sidewalk inspection software across 5 miles and 140 curb ramps, allowing city officials to improve efficiency, prioritize improvements, and develop long-term plans.

Turning Assessment into Action: How Genoa, IL Uses DeepWalk for Sidewalk Inspections

See how Genoa, IL is turning its sidewalk assessments into action using DeepWalk's inspection technology to improve ADA compliance and community accessibility

Danville Prioritizes Sidewalk Access

DeepWalk's automatic sidewalk inspection tool helped Danville, Illinois evaluate its sidewalk systems for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. D

Understanding DeepWalk's Data Tool - Overview Page

This video covers everything you need to know about the Overview Page in DeepWalk’s web application. This page provides a high-level perspective of your sidewalk inspection project, featuring an interactive map, data layers, condition insights, and the ability to export data. Here are top 3 main functions of the Overview Page: exploring multiple sidewalk dataset layers, viewing detailed sidewalk accessibility and condition data, and downloading data for export to other GIS or engineering software.

How To: Create a Customized Removal Program for Your Sidewalk Project

This video provides a step-by-step guide to creating a customized hazard removal program using DeepWalk’s web application. By utilizing the Implement Tool, you will be able to create the customized program by filtering selected hazard data points, reviewing locations through first-person view images, and exporting program data in various formats. The hazard removal program serves as a work order, helping you efficiently plan and streamline sidewalk remediation and maintenance.

How To: Use Scoring Configuration with DeepWalk

Learn how to use DeepWalk's Scoring Configuration to customize sidewalk accessibility evaluations based on your project’s priorities. This feature lets you adjust the weight of key ADA-aligned factors like cross slope, clear width, deterioration, and ramp presence, which ensures the final score reflects what matters most. You'll see how to configure settings, run the accessibility score and compare different scoring scenarios. This empowers you to make data-driven decisions, prioritize repairs efficiently, and improve accessibility where it’s needed most.

How To: Create a CSV, KML, ShapeFile, and FGDB from DeepWalk Data using ArcGIS Online

Learn how to generate various mapping files using DeepWalk's ArcGIS integration. This guide covers exporting maps in formats like GeoJSON, FileGeoDatabase, KML, and more.

How To: Make a Vertical Discontinuity Management Dashboard on ArcGIS

In this how-to guide, you learn how to create a vertical discontinuity removal management dashboard in ArcGIS, allowing users to select areas to identify trip hazards, their impacts, and related addresses and images, and export the data as a CSV.

Getting Started: Planning Your Sidewalk Data Collection Project with DeepWalk

In this video, learn how to plan your sidewalk data collection project with DeepWalk. This guides you through logging in to the web application, customizing manual tags for specific data points, and using the planning tools to select sidewalk areas within your area.

How To: Reverse Geocode Trip Hazards using ArcGIS Notebooks with DeepWalk

This video tutorial explains how to use Esri's ArcGIS Notebooks to reverse geocode individual features, such as trip hazards, to include the address, helping the process of planning and implementing trip hazard removal programs.

How To: Create a Web Map with DeepWalk

DeepWalk's two-click ArcGIS integration quickly creates the ArcGIS deliverables, including a web map and pre-formatted feature services. The user logs in with their ArcGIS online password, clicks to create the map, and the deliverables are generated within 15 minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Read through our frequently asked questions for more information on data collection and devices, data, and deliverables

FAQ

Sidewalk Grading Algorithm Overview

The Sidewalk Scoring Alogirthm is designed to evaluate sidewalk based on various criteria critical to pedestrian accessibility.

How to Export Trimble Data to DeepWalk: A 3-Step Migration Guide

How to export Trimble data: step-by-step guide to migrating LAS point clouds, sidewalk images, and camera calibration files to DeepWalk Drive

How to Collect Sidewalk and Curb Ramp Data using DeepWalk

Learn about the three options for data collection when working with DeepWalk. Choose self-service, partner with an engineering firm, or hire Quality Counts.

Abi Kavanagh

August 26, 2024

min read

NEW PRODUCT

Introducing DeepWalk Drive: Our Vehicle-Mounted LiDAR Platform

Turn raw mobile LiDAR data into comprehensive sidewalk inspections. DeepWalk Drive brings survey-grade, vehicle-mounted LiDAR to large-scale sidewalk evaluations. Built for public works teams and consultants, it delivers automated accessibility scoring, slope analysis, and condition data at network scale, all in a purpose-built web application. Process new or existing data with Drive to save time, increase efficiency, and repurpose roadway data.

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