Comments on: Tactile Maps http://www.lewism.org/2008/09/02/tactile-maps/ A Tectonic Notebook Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Francisco Ortiz http://www.lewism.org/2008/09/02/tactile-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-56257 Francisco Ortiz Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:34:02 +0000 http://www.lewism.org/?p=366#comment-56257 Wow! This is Eskimo's rapid prototyping :) Cool. Wow! This is Eskimo’s rapid prototyping :)

Cool.

]]> By: lewism http://www.lewism.org/2008/09/02/tactile-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-56240 lewism Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:15:03 +0000 http://www.lewism.org/?p=366#comment-56240 Geoff, Thanks for the link I'll take a look, and hopefully expand on those first comments. Oh and Tightgrid is excellent by the way, I've just added it to my linklist. Geoff,
Thanks for the link I’ll take a look, and hopefully expand on those first comments.
Oh and Tightgrid is excellent by the way, I’ve just added it to my linklist.

]]> By: Geoff Edwards http://www.lewism.org/2008/09/02/tactile-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-56231 Geoff Edwards Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:39:11 +0000 http://www.lewism.org/?p=366#comment-56231 This is a good site, first of all. There are maps like those you mention in the last paragraph of this post. They're a type of haptic map, originally intended for use by the blind. I haven't seen any applications using a cell phone, but that's certainly a great idea. I couldn't find an immediately useful resource, so here's a link to an assemblage of links and resources for you to wade through: http://blindreaders.info/mapgraph.html This is a good site, first of all.

There are maps like those you mention in the last paragraph of this post. They’re a type of haptic map, originally intended for use by the blind. I haven’t seen any applications using a cell phone, but that’s certainly a great idea.

I couldn’t find an immediately useful resource, so here’s a link to an assemblage of links and resources for you to wade through:

http://blindreaders.info/mapgraph.html

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