[Art_beyond_sight_advocacy] 3-D maps

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Hi,

Mostly articles about 3-D maps, one about GPS.

Regards,

Lisa

Depicting Web images for the blind and visually impaired
A prototype process was developed to translate Web graph and map images 
into 3D printed models to give the blind and visually impaired access to 
voting and election data.
http://spie.org/x104896.xml?highlight=x2410&ArticleID=x104896


Engineers create 3-D models to help the blind navigate safely through 
intersections.

Since a very young age, Sina Bahram, a Ph.D. student at North Carolina 
State University in Raleigh, has been blind.

"I did have a little bit more usable vision as a kid than I do now," 
said Bahram.

But being blind hasn't slowed him down. He's a Ph.D. student and 
president of a consulting company. He has learned to feel his way 
through life. But there's still one thing that's a challenge to 
navigate: traffic.

"If it is a very busy intersection and there are a lot of cars turning, 
that can be confusing," Bahram said.

Now traffic engineers have developed a new 3-D map to help make it 
easier for the blind to become familiar with busy, confusing 
intersections, while staying safe.
http://www.insidescience.org/content/3-d-street-map-blind/1503


A new guide to Exhibition Road 
<http://www.kensingtonandchelseatoday.co.uk/news/local-news/eq9rdsg9g3.html>

To help guide visually-impaired users along one of London's busiest 
streets, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea unveiled a tactile 
map of Exhibition Road on Wednesday 23 October.

Displaying a three dimensional representation of South Kensington 
Station to Hyde Park, the map is made of robust zinc and features 
colour-coding, raised letters, symbols and Braille.

Located in Thurloe Street, just outside South Kensington Station - a 
station where over 32 million journeys start or finish each year - it's 
the product of extensive work with specialist tactile design team 
Topografik, Guide Dogs for the Blind and various consultation groups.

http://www.kensingtonandchelseatoday.co.uk/news/local-news/eq9rdsg9g3.html


Vandegrift's InventTeam mapping the unknown
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/vandegrifts-inventteam-mapping-the-unknown/nbb2h/

Google shows prototype phone that creates 3-D maps of its surroundings


U.S. tech giant Google <http://www.upi.com/topic/Google/> has unveiled a 
prototype smartphone it says creates 3-D maps to help the visually 
impaired navigate unfamiliar indoor sites unassisted.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Technology/2014/02/21/Google-shows-prototype-phone-that-creates-3-D-maps-of-its-surroundings/UPI-99551393026364/