Interactive Sonification of Choropleth Maps

Authors:
Haixia Zhao;Benjamin K. Smith;Kent Norman;Catherine Plaisant;Ben Shneiderman
Affiliations:
University of Maryland;University of Maryland;University of Maryland;University of Maryland;University of Maryland
Venue:
IEEE MultiMedia
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Interactive sonification systems can make georeferenced data accessible to people with vision impairments. The authors compare methods for using sound to encode georeferenced data patterns and for navigating maps.