[TAGS] preferences for tactile models versus maps?

Thu Mar 31 18:55:35 UTC 2022

I look forward to hearing more.

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Subject: Re: [TAGS] preferences for tactile models versus maps?

Debbie, a good question, and I should have explained. They are re-opening after renovation and exhibits are in design. You are correct to ask about tactiles. That is another part of my consulting work with them. I'm thinking that I'll need to provide more background before posting another question. *smile*

On 3/31/22, Deborah Kent Stein via TAGS <tags at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Will this museum have any tactually accessible exhibits? Why are they 
> interested in helping us navigate their floors?
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> Fogle-Hatch via TAGS
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On 3/31/22, Dan Burke via TAGS <tags at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Maps. Maps. Maps.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> From: TAGS <tags-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Matthew Gesualdi 
>> via TAGS
>> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:42 AM
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>> 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
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>> 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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