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Sound and Touch
Introduction
Think about it: When using your smartphone, tablet, or computer, what
normally catches your attention rst? Following animations, it is probably
one of the following: sounds and vibrations. Sound might include a beep,
ring tone, or tune that plays when new information arrives on your phone.
Vibration may occur when you select an incorrect option in an app. Sound
and vibration are two attention grabbers that can also be used in mobile
Web map design. In this chapter, we review a few of these less-talked-about
nonvisual map components that can help facilitate Web map communication.
Sound Variables
Web mapping allows ...