tactile paving

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tactile paving

Summary

tactile paving is an assistive technology[1]. It draws 345 Wikipedia views per month (assistive_technology category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • tactile paving is credited with the discovery of Seiichi Miyake[3].
  • tactile paving's image is recorded as Tactile Paving colours and Materials.jpg[4].
  • tactile paving's instance of is recorded as assistive technology[5].
  • tactile paving's instance of is recorded as Japanese Industrial Standards[6].
  • tactile paving's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[7].
  • tactile paving's main regulatory text is recorded as Act on Promotion of Smooth Transportation, etc. of Elderly Persons, Disabled Persons, etc.[8].
  • tactile paving's subclass of is recorded as tile[9].
  • tactile paving's subclass of is recorded as road surface marking[10].
  • tactile paving's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01241845[11].
  • tactile paving's Commons category is recorded as Tactile paving[12].
  • tactile paving's ISO standard is recorded as 23599[13].
  • tactile paving's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gksp4[14].
  • tactile paving's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-Geleidestrook-article.ogg[15].
  • tactile paving's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '視覚障害者誘導用ブロック'}[16].
  • tactile paving's JIS standard is recorded as T9251[17].
  • tactile paving's OpenStreetMap key is recorded as tactile_paving[18].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include assistive technology[5], Japanese Industrial Standards[6], and ISO standard[7].

Why It Matters

tactile paving draws 345 Wikipedia views per month (assistive_technology category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tactile-paving_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tactile paving}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tactile-paving}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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