[TAGS] preferences for tactile models versus maps?

[Cheryl Fogle-Hatch]

Thanks Dan, for your perspective about relative size and portability
(or not) of models. The separate maps per floor could be interesting
as a booklet.

I asked the question as part of a project for a small museum (3 floors
with 2-3 galleries per floor. For now, we are writing text directions
to include on the website, and I'm advising them to always refer to
the galleries by both name and their floor when announcing an event or
exhibit.

The question was asked about uses and preferences to inform decisions
about design and budgeting. I was hoping others had laid out
considerations and research and data. If not, I don't have plans to
conduct research just now. Debbie, sorry to get your hopes up.

On 3/31/22, Dan Burke via TAGS <tags at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Maps. Maps. Maps.
>
> At least if the purpose is navigation. Models would have to be much larger
> to be actually useful for navigation, would take longer to create, be
> unwieldy, if not immobile. I’m thinking of a model of a large building’s
> interior. It would have to be the size of a conference table probably, and
> how could it easily convey multiple floors? More time, more resources, more
> space, less utility than a map.
>
> And now I just saw matt’s comment about carrying multiple maps of different
> floors to navigate a building. That’s why I’d prefer a map over a model for
> navigation. I could carry multiple tactile maps, but not a model.
>
> I think the model question is part of the “All the Light We Cannot See”
> syndrome. The blind girl memorizing everything from the model of her town
> doesn’t really convey well what blind folks can effectively use. That part
> of the novel was the most frustrating to me because it carried with it a
> host of incorrect assumptions about blindness and blind people.
>
> Models for other purposes, however, are incredibly cool. Matt has a model he
> built of the May D&F tower in down Denver. It’s a Denver architectural icon,
> and I wouldn’t have a clue what it looked like without Matt’s model. But if
> I wanted to go there, I’d want a map.
>
> (smile)
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> From: TAGS <tags-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Matthew Gesualdi via TAGS
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:42 AM
> To: Tactile Art and Tactile Graphics Specialist list <tags at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Matthew Gesualdi <matt at tact-ed.org>
> Subject: Re: [TAGS] preferences for tactile models versus maps?
>
> Hi Cheryl,
> When you say maps versus models, are you thinking that models would have
> more height to walls and built-in features as opposed to maps being more
> like low bas reliefs?
> Matt Gesualdi
> Tact-Ed.org
>
> On Mar 31, 2022 3:00 AM, Cheryl Fogle-Hatch via TAGS
> <tags at nfbnet.org<mailto:tags at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I was asked if blind people prefer tactile maps or tactile models when
> seeking information about navigating a building. I'm thinking this
> might be a personal preference, but I'm curious about different ideas.
> Does anyone know of research into this topic?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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Cheryl Fogle-Hatch, Ph.D.
Archaeologist and Museum Professional
(443) 939-8217
c.k.fogle at gmail.com
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