Strategies for knowledge acquisition from cartographic maps by blind and visually impaired adults

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-110

  Ungar, Simon ^a   Blades, Mark ^c   Spencer, Christopher ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLIND PEOPLE; CARTOGRAPHY; MAP READING; TACTILE MAP;

EID: 0031403307     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/caj.1997.34.2.93     Document Type: Article

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