all,
Here's a forward from josh Miele about a very exciting project on tactile maps.
You don't have to know braille!
think you don't need maps? You've never seen ones prepared to your needs!
check it out
tom Fowle
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Please feel free to forward the following message to colleagues who might
be interested.
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I wanted to let the list know about a project currently under way here at
The Smith-Kett lewell Eye Research Institute to provide tactile street
maps over the web. The system uses a server-based geographic information
system (GIS), and will be able to produce tactile graphics files properly
prepared for standard Braille embossers, swell paper, ViewPlus Tiger
embossers, or other tactile output devices. Ultimately, The software will
be available as an on-line service that allows anyone to request a tactile
street map of any location at any scale, download the files and emboss or
render the tactile map immediately. The street maps are automatically
produced with appropriate information density, Braille labels, and simple
line figures, to optimize their use by a blind map reader. The user will
have a high degree of flexibility over how an individual map appears, the
kinds of features represented, labeling style, and map key information.
Currently the GIS that we are using (TIGER Line Maps from the US Census
Bureau) includes only USA data, but in the future, it will be possible to
use richer data sources that include street information on a more global
basis.
We will be presenting an update and demo of this project at the up-coming
CSUN conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities in LA on March
17th.
If you are interested in learning more about this project or the
presentation, or would like to become a beta tester of the service, please
visit
http://www.ski.org/tmap
If you have specific questions about the project please feel free to
contact me at this e-mail address.
--JAM
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Joshua A. Miele, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
2318 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Voice: 415/345-2113
Fax: 415/202-0780
http://www.ski.org
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