The paper deals with the results of several years of research on the automated production of tactile maps with the emphasis on optimal selection of the content that a blind persons need for their orientation.
The aims of the research were the following: to develop an automated procedure for the production of mobile maps, to choose the optimal content and to produce a quality editing works, to reduce the time of production and improve its quality, to elaborate an automated multi-purpose data base, to simplify the production and editing processes, to introduce standardised tactile symbols, to make use of the existing analogue and digital spatial data bases used by the sighted, to develop a procedure for mass printing of colours on mobile maps and to use the most contemporary computer and related equipment. Special emphasis was done on new 3 dimensional environment data sources and including them in a process of automated production of tactile maps.
The aim was fully achieved, so the blind in Slovenia now have various tactile maps at their disposal, produced in an automated way. Multi-purpose automated data base, which is a parallel product, which can also be an aid in schools and is especially helpful to teachers of mobility and orientation for fast printing.
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