Ability to pan and zoom map preview to choose map boundary.
Tactile maps for visually impaired.
Maptouch s mission is to provide accessible tactile images of our world.
Thanks to a partnership.
Tactile graphics are a means of conveying non textual information to people who are blind or visually impaired and may include tactile representations of pictures maps graphs diagrams and other images.
For many blind individuals with limited or no vision the face of our world is an unfamiliar image.
Tactile maps are particularly helpful in providing blind or visually impaired individuals with an understanding of the layout of physical spaces.
More accurate improved contrast larger text.
Braille maps have been difficult to come by being rare if not non existent.
One of the biggest challenges faced by blind travelers is obtaining a concept of their surroundings.
For such students the task of supporting them is not simply producing appropriate modified diagrams but also developing their scanning and tactile skills and allowing them to enjoy success in the activity and avoid failure.
A person with a visual impairment can feel these raised lines and surfaces in order to obtain the same information that people who are.
Maps include normal features such as buildings roads as well as blind specific features such as building entrances traffic light signals etc.
Tactile relief maps for blind and visually impaired our maps these maps enable blind and visually impaired persons to explore our world through touch.
Tactile maps and diagrams need to be carefully designed in order to be readable by the visually impaired user.
Tactile maps can be generated from arbitrary addresses and printed by embossers on microcapsular paper or by 3d printers.
Blind users can use hotkeys for panning and zooming of the map.
Adjusted map scale options.
This site allows users to create customized maps of virtually any location on earth by just searching for an address.
Tactile maps are physical representations of geographic data.
Go to tmap to make your own tactile maps or to request a user account email.
Braille and tactile maps the lighthouse designs and produces tactile maps of parkland theme parks transit systems street maps and floor plans.
Relatively little attention has been paid to the way in which blind and visually impaired people actually use tactile maps for everyday way finding tasks.
In the tactile inkjet mapping project we attempt to provide a new orientation for.
Most research on tactile maps has focused on aspects of map design and methods of construction.