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11/8/2019 1 TMAP as a Tool for Tactile Graphicacy BJ Dietz Epstein Caiti O’Malior Frank Welte MAD Lab madlab@lighthousesf.org Interactive Tactile Exercise NO PEEKING! Shape Identification and Location What are the shapes on the page?

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Page 1: TMAP as a Tool for Tactile Graphicacy - Getting In Touch

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TMAP as a Tool for Tactile Graphicacy

BJ Dietz Epstein

Caiti O’Malior

Frank Welte

MAD Lab

madlab@lighthouse‐sf.org

Interactive Tactile ExerciseNO PEEKING!

Shape Identification and Location

What are the shapes on the page?

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Match the Symbol

Match the Symbol

Match the Symbol

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Match the Symbol

Match the Symbol

Match the Symbol

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Match the Symbol

Find the symbols on the map

Find the symbols on the map

t

b

b

d

d

d

Strada Gate

Main

n

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Skills/Core Competencies

Exposure to Tactile Graphics

Using Language of Lines as a blind person

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Early, before needed for an assessment or real life scenarios

Tactile Learning

Diagram Real World

Reading and Understanding a Tactile Graphic

Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, 2010 Supplement

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Resolution and Simplicity

Visual vs. Tactile Resolution

Photo credit: Robert F. Tobler, Wikimedia Commons, CC‐BY‐SA 4.0

Resolution and Simplicity

Texture vs. Color distinction

Resolution and Simplicity

Mapping

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Resolution and Simplicity

Mapping

Questions?

TMAP in Education: Standardization

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Tactile Maps

Tactile Maps

TMAP in Education: Standardization

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Map Concepts

Map Concepts

Customize

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Customize

TMAP Process

TMAP Process

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TMAP Process

TMAP Process

Neighborhood TMAP

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Campus TMAP

TMAP Features

Map• Title

• Locator dot

• North arrow

• Scale

• Streets

• Labels

Key• Title

• Abbreviations

• Full names

• Street orientation

Introduction Page

Wrap Up

Graphicacy Skills

• Locate a symbol

• Trace lines

• Read a key

• Tell directions

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Questions?

Keep in Touch

Questions and feedback, contact: 

tmap@lighthouse‐sf.org

madlab@lighthouse‐sf.org

To order a TMAP:

1‐888‐400‐8933

lighthouse‐sf.org/shop