Topographic maps can be difficult to understand. Being able to extrapolate into a third dimension while seeing lines on a piece of paper can be complicated, especially when you consider the variations of slope, cross cutting rivers, and other features which often are depicted throughout a topographic map. Now take this one step further, put on a blindfold and attempt to read the topographic map. How would you read it, could you decipher the map, where would you begin?
This was the question posed recently at Gainesville State College when Efren Chavez, a blind student, signed up for a geology class which required students to interpret a topographical map. Click below to read the full article and learn how professors were able to use the technique of creating a mirror image to create depth in a two dimensional map which can be read by the blind.
Click here for full story from the Atlantic Journal-Constitution (Image Courtesy of AJC)
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