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Aldrich F.K. & Hindle Y.(2003) "Tactile graphics - problem or solution?" RNIB Visability, Issue 39, 25-26. Available from: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/reginald-phillips/tactileGraphics.htm

Aldrich, F. K., Sheppard, L. & Hindle, Y (2002), "First steps towards a model of tactile graphicacy", British Journal of Visual Impairment. 20, 2, 62-67. Abstract available from: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/reginald-phillips/abstractModel.htm

Aldrich, F. K. & Sheppard, L. (2001), "Tactile graphics in school education: perspectives from pupils", British Journal of Visual Impairment, 19, 2, 69-73. Abstract available from: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/reginald-phillips/abstractPupils.htm

Aldrich, F. K. & Sheppard, L. (2000), "Graphicacy - the fourth 'R'?", Primary Science Review, 64, 8-11. Available from: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/reginald-phillips/graphicacyPaper.htm

Aldrich, F. K. & Parkin, A. J. (1988), "The use of capsule paper in the production of tangible line graphs", in Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Maps and Tactile Graphics for Visually Handicapped People: London, 20-22 April, 1988, Tatham, A.F. and Dodds, A.G. (Eds.). London: King's College.

Aldrich, F. K. & Parkin, A. J. (1987), "Tangible line graphs: an experimental investigation of three formats using capsule paper", Human Factors, 29, 301-309.

Alonzo, A. (2001) A Picture is Worth 300 Words: Writing Visual Descriptions for an Art Museum Web Site. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, CSUN'01.

Amick, N., Corcoran, J. et al (1997) Guidelines for design of tactile graphics . New York: American Printing House for the Blind.

Andrews, S.K. (1985) 'The use of capsule paper in producing tactual maps', Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 79 (9), 396-399.

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Angwin, J.P. (1968b) 'Maps for mobility', New Beacon, 52 (614), 143-146.

Armstrong, J.D. (1978) 'The development of tactual maps for the visually handicapped', in Active Touch: the Mechanism of Recognition of Objects by Manipulation, Gordon, G. (Ed.). Oxford: Pergamon Press. pp 249-261.

Arter, C. (1997). The Primary School Child. In H. Mason and S. McCall (Eds.) Visual Impairment: Access to Education for Children and Young People (pp. 97-109). London: David Fulton.

Barrett, M.D. (1983) The Study of Children's Drawings: Piagetian and Experimental Approaches. Early Child Development and Care, 12, 19-28.

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Bentzen, B. (1980) 'Orientation aids' in Foundations of Orientation and Mobility, Welsh, R.L. and Blasch, B.B. (Eds.). New York: American Foundation for the Blind. pp 291-355.

Bentzen, B. (1982) 'Tangible graphic displays in the education of blind persons' in Tactual Perception: a Sourcebook, Schiff, W. and Foulke, E. (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp 387-404.

Berlà, E.P., Butterfield, L.H. Jr. and Murr, M.J. (1976) 'Tactual reading of political maps by blind students: a videomatic behavioural analysis', The Journal of Special Education, 10 (3), 265-276.

Berlà, E.P. and Murr, M.J. (1976a) 'Tactual scanning and memory for a spatial display by blind students' in Facilitating the Education of the Visually Handicapped through Research in Communications: Final Report, Part Three: Facilitating Tactile Map Reading, Nolan, C.Y. (Ed.). Washington, DC: United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. pp 51-64.

Berlà, E.P. and Murr, M.J. (1976b) 'Locating symbols on a tactile pseudomap by braille readers operating under different frames of reference' in Facilitating the Education of the Visually Handicapped through Research in Communications: Final Report, Part Three: Facilitating Tactile Map Reading, Nolan, C.Y. (Ed.). Washington, DC: United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. pp 25-38.

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Brice, M. and Morice, J-C (1996). A Differentiated Analysis of Raised Line Drawings: Proposal for a Methodology on their Conception. In D. Burger (Ed.) New Technologies in the Education of the Visually Handicapped, Vol 237 (pp. 77-88). Montrouge, France: Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext.

Bruce, I., McKennell, A., and Walker, E. (1991). Blind and Partially Sighted Adults in Britain: the RNIB Survey, Vol 1. London: HMSO.

Clarke, C.R. (1992a) Introduction to Thermoforming 1: Plastic Materials. Ammanford, Dyfed: C.R.Clarke & Co. (UK) Ltd.

Clarke, C.R. (1992b) Introduction to Thermoforming 2: Material Characteristics. Ammanford, Dyfed: C.R.Clarke & Co. (UK) Ltd.

Clarke, C.R. (1993) Introduction to Thermoforming 3: Vacuum Forming. Ammanford, Dyfed: C.R.Clarke & Co. (UK) Ltd.

Clarke, C.R. (1995) Introduction to Thermoforming 4: Mould Making. Ammanford, Dyfed: C.R.Clarke & Co. (UK) Ltd.

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Couclelis, H., Golledge, R.G., Gale, N. and Tobler, W. (1987) 'Exploring the anchor point hypothesis of spatial cognition', Journal of Environmental Psychology, 7 (2), 99-122.

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Culbert, S.S. and Stellwagen, W.T. (1963) 'Tactual discrimination of textures', Perceptual and Motor Skills, 16 (2), 545-552.

Dahlberg, M. (1997) 'Tactile mapping - an unusual GIS application', in ICC 97. Proceedings of 18th ICA/ACI International Cartographic Conference: Stockholm, Sweden, 23-27 June 1997, Ottoson, L. (Ed.). Stockholm: Swedish Cartographic Society. 3, pp 1417-1421.

Denis, M. (1993) Visual Images As Models of Described Environments. In D. Burger and J.C. Sperandio (Eds.) Non-Visual Human-Computer Interactions, Vol 228 (pp. 3-12). Montrouge, France: Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext.

Edman, P.K. (1992) Tactile Graphics. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Erhardt, R. and Schlipf, W. (1983) 'Low cost conversion of graphics to a tactile presentation for the visually handicapped - a system and its capabilities', in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Maps and Graphics for the Visually Handicapped: Washington D.C., 10-12 March 1983, Wiedel, J.W. (Ed.). Washington D.C.: Association of American Cartographers. pp 160-175.

Eriksson, Y. and Strucel, M. (1995) A Guide to the Production of Tactile Graphics on Swell Paper. Stockholm: The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille.

Fanstone, J. (1995). Mobility and Blindness: A Campus Audio-Tactile Map System. The Skill Journal, 53, 21-23.

Foulke, E. (1982). Reading Braille. In W. Schiff and E. Foulke (Eds.) Tactual Perception: A Sourcebook (pp. 168-208). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Franks, F. (1983) 'Applying educational research to maps and graphics for the visually handicapped', in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Maps and Graphics for the Visually Handicapped: Washington D.C., 10-12 March 1983, Wiedel, J.W. (Ed.). Washington D.C.: Association of American Cartographers. pp 40-48.

Gardiner, A. (1997) 'Taking the rough with the smooth to Risley Moss: tactile maps for environmental education and recreation', The North West Geographer, 1 (1), 29-39.

Gardiner, E.A.H. (2001) The Role of Tactile Maps in Environmental Education and Recreation in Areas of Managed Countryside. University of Manchester, PhD. Thesis (unpublished).

Gardiner, A. and Perkins, C. (1996a) 'Feel the bunkers: tactile maps for blind golfers' in Proceedings of ICA Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually-Impaired People Seminar; Maps and Diagrams for Blind and Visually-Impaired People: Needs, Solutions, Developments, Ljubljana: 21 -25 October 1996. Ljubljana: ICA Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually- Impaired People. pp 26-36.

Gardiner, A. and Perkins, C. (1996b) 'Teaching touch on the towpath', The Cartographic Journal, 33 (2), 111-118.

Gardiner, A. and Perkins, C. (1998) 'A fingertip approach to Marshall's Arm; tactile Rebus symbols to OS graphics', in Proceedings of the ICA Joint Seminar on Maps for Special Users. Poland: 2-4 June 1998, Anderson, J.M. and Krzywicka-Blum, E. (Eds.). Wroclaw: Wydawnicto Akademii Rolniczej we Wroclaw. pp 105-112.

Gill, J.M. (1973) Design, Production, and Evaluation of Tactual Maps for the Blind. University of Warwick, PhD. Thesis (unpublished).

Gill, J.M. (1982) 'Production of tangible graphic displays', in Tactual Perception: a Sourcebook, Schiff, W. and Foulke, E. (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp 405-416.

Gill, J.M. and James, G.A. (1973) 'A study on the discriminability of tactual point symbols' American Foundation for the Blind Research Bulletin, no. 26, 19-34.

Golledge, R.G. (1991) 'Tactual strip maps as navigational aids', Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 85 (7), 296-301.

Golledge, R.G. (1993) 'Geography and the disabled: a survey with special reference to vision impaired and blind populations', Transactions of Institute of British Geographers, N.S., 18 (1), 63-85.

Golledge, R.G., Loomis, J.M., Klatzky, R.L., Flury, A. and Yang, X.L. (1991) 'Designing a personal guidance system to aid navigation without sight: progress on the GIS component', International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 5 (4), 373-395.

Goto, R. (1983) 'New Techniques for Tactual Graphics', in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Maps and Graphics for the Visually Handicapped: Washington D.C., 10-12 March 1983, Wiedel, J.W. (Ed.). Washington D.C.: Association of American Cartographers. pp 113-125.

Greenspan, J.D. and Bolanowski, S.J. (1996) 'The psychophysics of tactile perception and its peripheral physiological basis', in Pain and Touch, Kruger, L. (Ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. pp 25-104.

Hatwell, Y. (1993) Images and Non-Visual Spatial Representations in the Blind. In D. Burger and J.C. Sperandio (Eds.) Non-Visual Human-Computer Interactions, Vol 228 (pp. 13-35). Montrouge, France: Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext.

Heller, M.A., Calcaterra, J.A., Burson, L.L., and Tyler, L.A. (1996) Tactual Picture Identification by Blind and Sighted People: Effects of Providing Categorical Information. Perception and Psychophysics, 58(2), 310-323.

Heller, M.A., Calcaterra, J.A., Tyler, L.A., and Burson, L.L. (1996) Production and Interpretation of Perspective Drawings by Blind and Sighted People. Perception, 25(3), 321-334.

Heller, M.A. and Kennedy, J.M (1990) Perspective Taking, Pictures and the Blind. Perception and Psychophysics, 48(5), 459-466.

Herbecq, J-P. (1985) 'The use of raised-line materials for orientation and mobility', in Proceedings of International Conference on Tactile Representations for the Blind: Berlin, 25-27 April, 1984, Fromm, W. and SchØbel, W. (Eds.). Berlin: Blinden-und-Sehschwachen-Verband der DDR. pp 55-56.

Hertlein, J. and Laufenberg, W. (1985) 'Special requirements for compiling atlases and globes', in Proceedings of International Conference on Tactile Representations for the Blind: Berlin, 25-27 April, 1984, Fromm, W. and SchØbel, W. (Eds.). Berlin: Blinden-und-Sehschwachen-Verband der DDR. pp 76-83.

Hinton, R. (1988) New Ways with Diagrams. London: RNIB.

Hinton, R. and Ayres, D. (1986) 'A collection of tactile diagrams for first examinations in biology: construction and evaluation', British Journal of Visual Impairment, 4 (1), 13-16.

Hinton R. (1993) Tactile and Audio-Tactile Images as Vehicles for Learning. In D. Burger and J.C. Sperandio (Eds.) Non-Visual Human-Computer Interactions, Vol 228 (pp. 169-179). Montrouge, France: Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext.

Hinton, R. (1996) Degree-Level Scientific Study for Blind Students Through the Medium of Tactile Graphics. In D. Burger (Ed.) New Technologies in the Education of the Visually Handicapped, Vol 237 (pp. 169-175). Montrouge, France: Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext.

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Holmes, E., Jansson, G., and Jansson, A. (1996) Exploring Auditorily Enhanced Tactile Maps for Travel in New Environments. In D. Burger (Ed.) New Technologies in the Education of the Visually Handicapped, Vol 237 (pp. 191-196). Montrouge, France: Colloque INSERM/John Libbey Eurotext.

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James, G.A. (1982) 'Mobility maps', in Tactual Perception: a Sourcebook, Schiff W. and Foulke, E. (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp 334-363.

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James, G.A. and Armstrong, J.D. (1976) Handbook for Mobility Maps. (Mobility Monograph No.2). Nottingham: Blind Mobility Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Nottingham.

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Jansson, G. (1988) 'What are the problems with pictures for the blind and what can be done to solve them?' in Man-machine Interfaces, Graphics and Practical Applications, Magnee, C.W.M., Vlaskamp, F.J.M. and Butcher, G. (Eds.). London: RNIB. pp 18-24.

Jansson, G. (1991) 'Perceptual problems concerning tactile graphics for the blind', contribution to workshop New Problems and Future Solutions for Man Machine Interaction: Stuttgart, 1991, Concerted Action on Technology and Blindness (unpublished).

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Other Web Links:

INTACT – the Commission on Maps and Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired People. Contains details research on all aspects of the design, construction and use of tactile maps and other tactile graphics.

Best practice guidelines for the design, production and presentation of vacuum formed tactile maps. Ann Gardiner and Chris Perkins http://www.art.man.ac.uk/Geog/tactileguidelines/

Gardner, J.A. (1996) Tactile Graphics, an Overview and Resource Guide. Corvallis: Oregon State University. Available from http://dots.physics.orst.edu/tactile/tactile.html

Touch Graphics (2001) Action Maps Software. New York: City University of New York. Available from http://www.touchgraphics.com/

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