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Raised lines, textures and braille on a map to be read by hand.
Also known as: Touch map, Raised line map
A tactile map uses raised lines, textured areas and braille labels, and carries far less information than a printed map because fingers resolve much less detail than eyes. Simplification is the design, not a compromise.
Represent a place in raised lines, textures and braille for reading by touch.
Contexts: Public information, Maps
Carry far less detail than a printed map by design, because touch resolves much less than sight and a crowded tactile map is unreadable rather than merely dense.
Contexts: Public information, Maps
Place braille labels away from the features they name, with a key, because a label overlaid on a feature destroys both.
Contexts: Public information, Maps
A board with raised lines, areas of different texture and small groups of raised dots, read by hand.