| Presentation | 2023-12-07 Improvement of a Web Application Supporting the Creation of Tactile Maps on Swell Paper Manami Eguchi, Tetsuya Watanabe, |
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| PDF Download Page |  PDF download Page Link |
| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | Tactile maps allow visual impairments to comprehend spatial information through touch. We have developed and been using a web application for creating tactile maps, but this app lacks some functionalities. Thus, we developed a new app, which has stamps tailored for outdoor tactile maps and the similar user interface to general drawing software. In addition to these improvements, we have created two tools: one for automatically extracting lines from raster images and converting them into vector images, and another for transforming downloaded vector images from the internet into editable formats. These tools reduce the map creation workload. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Blind person / Tactile map / Tactile symbol / Swell paper / Web application |
| Paper # | WIT2023-32 |
| Date of Issue | 2023-11-29 (WIT) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | WIT / HI-SIGACI |
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| Conference Date | 2023/12/6(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | AIST Tokyo Waterfront (TBD) |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Well-being Information Technology |
| Chair | Takeaki Shionome(Teikyo Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Shinji Sakou(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) |
| Secretary | Shinji Sakou(AIST) / (Univ. of Toyama) |
| Assistant | Tsubasa Uchida(NHK) / Teppei Miura(National Inst. of Techn. Toyota College) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Well-being Information Technology / * |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Improvement of a Web Application Supporting the Creation of Tactile Maps on Swell Paper |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Blind person |
| Keyword(2) | Tactile map |
| Keyword(3) | Tactile symbol |
| Keyword(4) | Swell paper |
| Keyword(5) | Web application |
| 1st Author's Name | Manami Eguchi |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Niigata University(Niigata Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Tetsuya Watanabe |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Niigata University(Niigata Univ.) |
| Date | 2023-12-07 |
| Paper # | WIT2023-32 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.123 |
| Number (no) | WIT-294 |
| Page | pp.pp.41-46(WIT), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2023-11-29 (WIT) |