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This Tactile Map of Burning Man Is Awesome, No Matter Your Level of Sight
Jaded haters of the Burn, this innovative map might just change your mind.
Smartphones, apps, and text readers have radically improved access and navigation for the blind, as CityLab has shown before.
But what happens when GPS and WiFi signals are glitchy, like in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert? Or what if you’re headed somewhere that, with or without sight, is a little intimidating—say, a temporary metropolis laid out like a clock around a humanoid pyre, populated by naked people on vision-quests?