Research publications

Dr. R. Daniel Jacobson

Articles

Golledge, R.G., Rice, M. and Jacobson, R.D. (2005) A Commentary on the Use of Touch for Accessing On-Screen Spatial Representations: The Process of Experiencing Haptic Maps and Graphics, The Professional Geographer, 57 (3). 339-349.

Jacobson, R.D. (2002) Representing Spatial Information Through Multimodal Interfaces: Overview and preliminary results in non-visual interfaces. 6th International Conference on Information Visualization:
Symposium on Spatial/Geographic Data Visualization, IEEE Proceedings, London, 10-12 July, 2002, 730-734.

Blades, M., Lippa, Y., Golledge, R.G., Jacobson, R.D., and Kitchin, R.M. (2002) Wayfinding by people with visual impairments: The effect of spatial tasks on the ability to learn a novel route. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness 96, 407-419.

Jacobson, R.D., Lippa, Y., Golledge, R.G., Kitchin, R.M., and Blades, M. (2001) Rapid development of cognitive maps in people with visual impairments when exploring novel geographic spaces. IAPS Bulletin of People-Environment Studies (Special Issue on Environmental Cognition) 18, 3-6.

Golledge, R.G., Jacobson, R.D., Kitchin, R.M., and Blades, M. (2000). Cognitive maps, spatial abilities, and human wayfinding. Geographical Review of Japan, ser. B: The English journal of the Association of Japanese Geographers, 73 (Ser.B) (2), 93-104.

Jacobson, R.D. (1998) Cognitive mapping without sight: Four preliminary studies of spatial learning. Journal of Environmental Psychology 18, 289-305.

Kitchin, R.M., Jacobson, R.D., Golledge, R.G., and Blades, M. (1998) Belfast without sight: Exploring geographies of blindness, Irish Geographer. 31(1), 34-46.

Jacobson, R.D. and Kitchin, R.M (1997) GIS and people with visual impairments or blindness: Exploring the potential for education, orientation, and navigation. Transactions in Geographic Information Systems 2(4) 315-332.

Kitchin, R.M. and Jacobson, R.D. (1997) Techniques to collect and analyze the cognitive map knowledge of people with visual impairments or blindness: Issues of validity, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. July-August, 360-376.

Jacobson, R.D. (1996) Talking tactile maps and environmental audio beacons: An orientation and mobility development tool for visually impaired people, Proceedings of the ICA Commission on maps and graphics for blind and visually impaired people, 21-25 October, 1996, Ljubjiana, Slovenia.

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Presentations

Rice, M., R. Jacobson, R.D. Golledge, R. G., and Jones, D.. (2005) "Cartographic Data and Design Considerations for Haptic and Auditory Map Interfaces". In Proceedings of Auto-Carto 2005: A Research Symposium. Las Vegas, Nevada, March 18-23, 2005.

Jacobson, R.D. (2005) Extending tactile map displays into multimodal auditory and haptic interfaces. Proceedings of the XXII International Cartographic Conference (ICC2005), A Coruña, Spain, 11-16 July 2005.

Jacobson, R.D. Rice, M., and Golledge R.G. (2005) Auditory display in non-visual and tactile map interfaces. The 101st AAG Annual Meeting, 2005, Denver, CO, USA.

Rice, M, Golledge, R, Jacobson, D, Jones, D, Pallavaram, S. (2004). "Axis Scaling and Symbolization Issues for Haptic Maps", In Session 2236, "Cognition of Space and Spatial Representations", chair: Dr. Scott Bell. The 100th AAG Annual Meeting, March 15, 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

Rice, M, Golledge, R, Jacobson, D, Jones, D, Pallavaram, S. (2004). "Evaluating Shapes Via a Non-Visual Computer Interface", in Session 5428, "Frontiers of Behavioral Geography", chairs: Dr. Daniel Montello and Dr. James Marston. The 100th AAG Annual Meeting, March 18 2004 Philadelphia, PA.

Jacobson, R.D., Rice, M., Golledge, R.G. and Jones, D. (2003) Cartographic symbolization issues for haptic and auditory map interfaces. Paper to be presented at the 99th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA.

Jacobson, R.D. (2002) Panel Member Accessing Geography II: Inclusionary Geographies. 98th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA.

Jacobson, R.D. (2001) Visualizing Geographic Information in Multimodal Computer Interfaces. Paper presented at the 97th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York.

Jacobson, R.D. (1999) Geographic visualization with little or no vision. Paper presented at the 95th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Hawaii, March 23-27. (Student paper competition second place)

Jacobson, R.D. (1998) Communicating geographic space to people with visual impairments. Paper presented at the 94th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA.

Session organized: ‘Geographies of Blindness’ (1998) 94th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, March 25-29. (in collaboration with Rob Kitchin)

Kitchin, R.M., Blades, M., Golledge, R.G. and Jacobson, R.D. (1998) How do people with visual impairments learn a route? . 94th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA..

Kitchin, R.M., Jacobson, R.D., Blades, M. and Golledge, R.G. (1998) Testing spatial knowledge for geographic technology: The case of blind and visually impaired individuals. The Conference of Irish Geographers. 23-25 April.

Jacobson, R.D. and Kitchin, R.M. (1998) Learning A Complex Urban Route Without Sight: Comparing Naturalistic versus Laboratory Measures. The Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland, 17-19 Aug.

Jacobson, R. D. (1995) GIS without sight. Institute of Earth Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, November 12.

Jacobson, R. D. (1995) Talking Sign Research, Royal National College for the Blind, Hereford.

Jacobson, R. D. (1995) Research presentations to Cardiganshire Association for the Blind, Aberystwyth.

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Technical reports

Off-Route Strategies for Non-Visual Navigation, NSF Grant # BCS-9818545 - Final Report, Golledge, R.G., Kitchin, R.M., Blades, M. and Jacobson, R.D. (2001)

Haptic-auditory interfaces: Towards making maps accessible to vision impaired people, First year Assistant Professor Award, Florida State University – Final Report, Jacobson, R.D. (2000)

Multimodal zooming in digital geographic information, National Center for Geographic Information Analysis, Project Varenius, Jacobson, R.D., Klatzky, R., and Habel, C. (2000)

Haptic Soundscapes: Making maps, diagrams, and graphs accessible to people with vision impairments, Final report, Research Across the Disciplines Program, University of California at Santa Barbara. Golledge, R. G., and Jacobson, R.D. (1999)

Understanding Geographic Space Without the Use of Vision, NSF Grant SBR95-14907 – Final Report, Golledge, R.G., Blades, M., Kitchin, R.M.,and Jacobson, R.D. (1999)

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Book chapters

Jacobson, R.D. (in press) Cartography. In Warf, B. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Sage: London.

Jacobson, R.D. (in press) Disability, Geography of. In Warf, B. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Sage: London.

Golledge, R.G., Rice, M. and Jacobson, R.D. (2005) Multimodal Interfaces for Representing and Accessing Geospatial Information. In Rana, S. and Sharma, J. (eds.) Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology. Springer-Verlag.: Berlin & New York.

Jacobson, R.D. (2004) Haptic Soundscapes: Developing novel multi-sensory tools to promote access to geographic information. Land Minds: 100 Geographic Solutions to Saving Planet Earth (eds) Warf, B., Hansen, K, and Janelle, D. Kluwer.

Jacobson, R.D. Kitchin, R.M., and Golledge R.G. (2002) Multimodal virtual reality for presenting geographic information. In Fisher, P. and Unwin, D. (eds) Virtual Reality in Geography. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 382-400.

Cheesman, J., Dodge, M., Harvey, F., Jacobson, D., and Kitchin, R. (2002) ‘Other’ Worlds: Augmented, Comprehensible, Non-Material Spaces. In Fisher, P. and Unwin, D. (eds) Virtual Reality in Geography. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 295-304.

Jeong, W. and Jacobson, R.D. (2002) Exploratory user study of haptic and auditory display for multimodal information systems. In McLaughlin, M. L., Hespanha, J.P., and Sukhatme, G.S. (eds) Touch in virtual Environments: Haptics and the design of interactive systems. IMSC Series in Multimedia. Prentice Hall, New York, pp. 194-204.