Refereed Publications
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 Japenese 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. PDF
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. PDF
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. PDF
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. PDF
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
Book Chapters
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.
Book Reviews
Jacobson, R.D. (1997) Spatial Behavior: A Geographic Perspective, by R.G. Golledge and R. J. Stimpson. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 17(4): 353-355.
Technical reports and non refereed publications
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)
Jacobson, R.D. (1998) Navigating maps with little or no sight: A novel audio-tactile approach. Proceedings of Content Visualization and Intermedia Representations. August 15, University of Montreal, Montreal.
Jacobson, R.D. (1996) Auditory beacons in environment and model - An orientation and mobility development tool for visually impaired people, Swansea Geographer, 33, 49-66.
Jacobson, R.D. and Kitchin, R.M. (1995) Assessing the configurational knowledge of people with visual impairments or blindness, Swansea Geographer, 32, 14-24. PDF
Jacobson, R.D. (1994) Navigation for the visually impaired: Going beyond tactile cartography, Swansea Geographer, 31, 53-59. PDF
Jacobson, R.D. (1994) GIS and the visually disabled: The spatial contribution to mobility, Mapping Awareness, 8(6), 37-39.
Jacobson, R.D. (1992) Spatial cognition through tactile mapping. Swansea Geographer 29, 79-88. PDF
Jacobson, Dan (1989) Travel beginnings – a spring in Spain, Sou’Wester Magazine, South West London District Association, Cyclists’ Touring Club of Great Britain.
Jacobson, Dan (1995) An artist on tour, MAFF Quaterly.
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