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A friend of mine at Esri’s cartography lab referred me to
Color Oracle it’s a free downloadable utility to assess the
colorblind-friendly status (ADA Section 508 compliance) of visual products. May not solve everything but might help.
Matt
Matt Marino |
Rent-A-Tech Program Manager
| Esri Professional Services
Tel: (978) 777-4543 x 8468 | email:
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On Behalf Of Adam Kurowski
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 12:33 PM
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Subject: color blind friendly mapping
The Project:
To replace a black and white, paper zoning map that is designed with hatch, line, and marker symbols with a colored version made with GIS that easy to keep updated.
The Problem:
One of the main staff members who will use the map is color blind. The map would require 10+ colors and the color blind friendly color ramps, can't handle that
many variations in relation to this person's type of color blind. I have looked at
many resources and they have helped, but the number of zones and overlays still make the map hard to distinguish for the color blind person. I would love to make one all-inclusive product, but that may not be possible.
The Questions:
1. Does any have experience or advice to help make this municipal zoning map color blind friendly?
2. Can anyone offer a creative solution, simple or high-tech, that could help this one staff member access the zoning information in another manner?
2a. Is that an acceptable alternative and is it maintainable?
3. Should I follow the KISS rules and just convert the map to GIS and stick with a black and white hatch, line, symbol map?
Thanks! I'll compile and share the results.
Adam
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Adam Kurowski, Systems Analyst / Director of GIS
Town of Arlington
730 Massachusetts Ave
Arlington, MA 02476
phone: 781-316-3385
email:
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