For now, tactile readers miss out on the expediency of zooming in on the details of renderings like this Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) map created by LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Making a tactile map like this isn’t easy, says Anna Vetter, a cartographer who works in Zürich for the mapping software company Esri and led the team that created the new atlas. “It was ...

You can try out the Tactile Audio Campus Map, or TAC Map, during the annual Disability Awareness Symposium, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 12, presented by the Disability Issues Administrative Advisory ...

Magario has spent two and a half years exploring the university and is developing tactile maps to assist blind students such as herself in navigating the campus. Rachel Magario once thought of ...

Previously, experts assumed that even tactile maps would prove useless because blind people have limited spatial cognition. But Dr. Joshua Miele, a scientist at San Francisco's Smith-Kettlewell ...

Tactile maps were found to be a very useful resource, with an accessible mobile app also showing promise as an orientation and mobility aid. The researcher will share more details about this ...

A new installation in Burlington is making the city more inclusive. City leaders gathered on Tuesday to unveil a tactile map in Burlington's Waterfront Park. The sign is intended to help blind and ...

The final piece of the project is an interactive "rumple map," which uses a ... NASA also offers an interactive tactile guide to the eclipse called "Getting a Feel for Eclipses." ...

Bhagalpur: In order to enhance the travel experience of visually impaired people and promote self-reliance in them, Eastern Railway (ER) has installed Braille navigational maps and signage at its ...