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skarkkai / touch-mapper

Tactile map maker. Creates 3D or embosser printable files for requested OpenStreetMap areas.
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Request for University Use #22

Closed dwoods1024 closed 1 year ago

dwoods1024 commented 1 year ago

Hello Skarkkai,

My name is Dylan and I am the Liaison for the Alt Media Center for the Disabled Students' Program at UC Berkeley. We work with college students with disabilities and have found your touch-mapper software to be of great use in printing 3D Maps for blind individuals. I was told through my work colleges that there was a chance that your software may not be supported in the near future but we wanted to continue using touch-mapper to create maps for our work. Is there a possibility of working with you to support the software or perhaps if we could use the software on a private server on campus? Please let us know your thoughts.

Best, Dylan

skarkkai commented 1 year ago

I have no plans whatsoever to stop providing Touch Mapper. The cost of running it is very low, so I expect it to be around for many decades more.

dwoods1024 commented 1 year ago

Hi Skarkkai,

Thank you for letting me know. Do you know if it is possible to use the repository on a private server for our University department?

Best, Dylan

skarkkai commented 1 year ago

It's possible, but in practice not easy, there is a fair bit of setting up to do. To my knowledge nobody has done that.

dwoods1024 commented 1 year ago

I see. I am trying to set up a repository in my GitHub Account using the Touch-Mapper I downloaded from your site. I hope it is ok but I can take it down otherwise with respect to your work. If I could use it, I promise not to sell it or use it in a way that violates any copyright law or anything else. Additionally, if you are willing, I would like to know more about how to set up Touch Mapper in a desktop/non website setting