[accessibleimage] International Cartographic Conference July 9-16 2005

Hi,

Just got my TacNews, very good issue.
There's an article about the International Cartographic Conference in
Spain, 9-16 July. Sounds REALLY GOOD! Have enclosed list of presentations,
very rich. Maps for the Blind and Visually Imparired is under theme 22. 
Sounds really wonderful.
Best,
Lisa

http://www.icc2005.org/html-eng/english.html

poster presentations

 
MAPS FOR THE BLIND AND
VISUALLY IMPAIRED
? ?CREATION OF TACTILE CARTOGRAPHIC
SYMBOLS AS FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS IN
THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION?.
Enrique Pérez de Prada (Chile).
? ?LOW COST AERIAL IMAGES FOR HERITAGE
3D RENDERING?.
Javier Gómez Lahoz (Spain), Diego
González Aguilera, Benjamín Arias Pérez
and José Martínez Rubio.
? ?TACTILE CARTOGRAPHY IN LATIN AMERICA;
EVALUATION AND PERSPECTIVES?.
Alejandra Coll Escanilla (Chile) and
Fernando Pina Silva.
? ?SCHOOL «GEOGRAPHICAL ATLAS OF
POLAND» FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
HANDICAPPED?.
Magdalena Polak (Poland) and Izabella
Krauze-Tomczyk.
? ?TECHNOLOGY OF PRODUCTION OF MAPS
DESTINATED FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
HANDICAPPED USING VECTOR GRAPHICS ON
THE PROTUBERANT PAPER?.
Justyna Karpinska (Poland), Izabella
Krauze-Tomczyk and Magdalena Polak.
? ?TACTIL MAPS WITH LARGE PRINT AND
COLOURS FOR PEOPLE WITH VISION
IMPAIRMENT?.
Fernando García (Spain) and Pedro Ruiz.


Oral presentations
THEME 22:
MAPS FOR THE BLIND AND
VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
SESSION 1 ?TACTILE MAPS: USE AND
PRODUCTION?
? ?FEELING OUR WAY: TACTILE MAP USER
REQUIREMENTS- A SURVEY?
Jonathan Rowell (United Kingdom) and
Simon Ungar
? ?LANDMARKS FOR NAVIGATORS WHO ARE
VISUALLY IMPAIRED?
Bruce Tsuji (Canada) and Dr. Gitte
Lindgaard
? ?NEEDS OF THE TACTILE MAP MAKERS?
Amy Lobben (USA)
? ?TACTILE MAPS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: THE
CURRICULUM?
Helinä Hirn (Finland)
? ?TACTILE MAP PRODUCTION FOR THE
VISUALLY IMPAIRED USER: EXPERIENCES IN
LATIN AMERICA?
Carla Cristina Reinaldo Gimenes de Sena
(Brazil) and Waldirene Ribeiro do Carmo
SESSION 2 ?TACTILE MAPPING:
PERCEPTUAL & COGNITIVE
APPROACHES?
? ?'TACTUALIZATION' OF SPATIAL
INFORMATION: TOWARDS A PERCEPTUALCOGNITIVE
APPROACH TO MAP DESIGN?
Simon Ungar (United Kingdom), Jonathan
Rowell, Sandra Jehoel and Don McCallum
? ?A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO TACTILE MAP
DESIGN: USING CARTOGRAPHIC SKELETONS
TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF A MAP.?
Sandra Jehoel (United Kingdom), Jonathan
Rowell and Simon Ungar
? ?THE UNIQUENESS OF SYMBOL PROFILE AS A
DESIGN VARIABLE IN TACTILE
CARTOGRAPHY?
Snir Dinar (United Kingdom) and Jonathan
Rowell
? ?OBTAINING GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
FROM A VIRTUAL MAP WITH A HAPTIC
MOUSE?
Gunnar Jannson (Sweden) and Patrik
Pedersen
? ?MAPS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY
HANDICAPPED?
Brig V Singhal (India)
SESSION 3 ?TACTILE MAPPING:
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION?
? ?PRODUCTION OF COMPUTER-AIDED TACTILE
MAPS FOR THE BLIND?
Servet Ozagac (Turkey)
? ?A MAP-READER SOFTWARE FOR VISUALLY
IMPAIRED PEOPLE?
Carlos Busnadiego Gutiérrez (Spain)
? ?USING VIRTUAL SPATIALIZED OUTPUT TO
AUGMENT AND IMPROVE THE USER
INTERFACE OF GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND.?
James R. Marston (USA), Jack M. Loomis,
Reginald G. Golledge and Roberta L.
Klatzky
? ?EXTENDING TACTILE MAP DISPLAYS INTO
MULTIMODAL AUDITORY AND HAPTIC
INTERFACES?
R. Dan Jacobson (Canada)

Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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