How can someone without eyesight learn a city block or navigate a new neighborhood? In 2018, the LightHouse introduced TMAP: Tactile Maps Automated Production, offering on-demand tactile street maps.
Covering an area of several blocks surrounding a given address, TMAP uses both braille and large print to identify streets, represented by crisp, raised lines that can be easily followed with the fingertips.
What's in the package?
- You will receive two maps of the same address, a zoomed-out overview map, and a zoomed-in detail map showing streets, paths, and buildings, if the data is available
- A tactile map key
- An introductory page
- All materials are printed on 11" X 11.5" sheets of embossed paper and include ink / large print labels in addition to braille
Learn more about the MAD Lab where these maps are produced.
TMAP is a collaboration of the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.
TMAP production may take up to two weeks.
TMAPs are non-refundable - we cannot accept returns on TMAPs.