From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1An0qF-0002WZ-00 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:31:43 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i0VJVeaH006461 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:31:40 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id i0VJVeBU006459 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:31:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:31:39 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040131193139.GR945@rednote.net> References: <20040131154233.GC945@rednote.net> <001d01c3e82c$839b1650$6501a8c0@handsontech> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001d01c3e82c$839b1650$6501a8c0@handsontech> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Subject: Re: Braille Maps for Anywhere On Line X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:31:43 -0000 David Poehlman writes: > From: "David Poehlman" > > mind sending it again? Here you are. > >From jam@ski.org Wed Jan 28 15:38:50 2004 >Subject: new tactile maps on-line > >Please feel free to forward the following message to colleagues who might be >interested. > >----- >I wanted to let the list know about a project currently under way here at >The Smith-Kettlewell 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 >-------------------------------- >Joshua A. Miele, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow The Smith-Kettlewell Eye >Research Institute >2318 Fillmore St. >San Francisco, CA 94115 > >E-mail: jam@ski.org >Voice: 415/345-2113 >Fax: 415/202-0780 > >http://www.ski.org -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://a11y.org