Lines of Independence - a photo on Flickriver

            Tactile paving enables blind and visually impaired people who are white cane users to travel around independently. There are 2 main types of tactile-paving patterns. First, there are the domes (or bumps). The purpose of these is to warn and notify. Here, the domes ran along the edge of the sidewalk, warning me that the sidewalk ends here and the crossing across the road begins. Then, there are the lines. The purpose of these is to lead and show the way. By feeling the lines with my white cane I was able to safely find the spot where the bumps in the ground marked the spot with an audio-signal equipped traffic light on it and I could safely cross the road using a zebra crossing. 

Description of the photo:
The black-and-white photo shows the tactile paving on the ground. The tactile paving seen on the photo has bumps and a part of it has lines. The two other patterns are the zebra crossing at the top of the photo and the paving in the lower left corner of the photo.

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Taken on: November 20, 2018

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Sets appears in: • Blindness: Learning Braille and Other Adaptations

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Camera: LG Electronics LG-K350n, f/2.4, 1/100 sec, 3.2mm, ISO 150 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	LG Electronics LG-K350n
Aperture:	f/2.4
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	3.2mm
ISO:	150
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Other
Color Space:	sRGB
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