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This paper covers an empirical study on the quality and effectiveness of tactile maps using the HaptOSM system. HaptOSM is a combination of specialised hardware and software using OpenStreetMap data to create individual tactile maps for blind and visually impaired people. The almost entirely automated manufacturing process makes a single copy per map possible. The study tests the overall quality of HaptOSM tactile maps and compares the suitability of writing film and Braille paper against each other.
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Braille paper is a paper intended to be used with Braille embossers. It has a grammage of \(160\,\mathrm{g/m}^2\), about twice that of standard paper.
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Writing film is an opaque, white, \(120\,\upmu \mathrm{m}\) thick sheet of plastic and must not be confused with drawing film, a transparent sheet of plastic only \(45\,\upmu \mathrm{m}\) thick.
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Hänßgen, D., Waldt, N., Weber, G. (2016). Empirical Study on Quality and Effectiveness of Tactile Maps Using HaptOSM System. In: Miesenberger, K., Bühler, C., Penaz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9759. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_21
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