[Accessibility] map for the visually impaired

[Charles Basenga Kiyanda]

Hier Mathieu,

I'm not entirely sure I got all the details of your question right, but I'll try an answer. I'm assuming what you mean is that you are looking at openstreetmap on your phone through a browser and the map renderings on the main website are not well adapted to your visual needs.

The one option I have in mind is you could try using the app osmand, instead of the browser. Osmand can function like an "old-style" GPS (think TomTom), but much more adaptable a d configurable. I haven't tried defining custom rules, but I think it is possible to define exact colours, etc for the different map elements. A quick search yielded the following discussion:

https://advrider.com/f/threads/osmand-tweaks.960421/

While this is not a direct answer to your question, there was some information. (Motorcycle profiles might be a good idea for you. I'm not a rider myself, but I see plenty of helmets with heavily tinted face shields. I imagine the tint makes the rider "effectively visually impaired", at least when it comes to looking at a phone screen. Their solutions might be helpful to you as well.)

Best of luck,

Charles

On 30 September 2018 17:27:35 GMT-04:00, Mathieu Barbe <mat.barbe at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>I am visually impaired, I am not blind but I can see just the strong 
>contrast and I can not read text.
>hv
>There is a forest behind my house where I like to go.
>There is a lot of way and I would like to see them on a map.
>
>I can see the small roads on the map without worry because the contrast
>
>with the background is great.
>But when we look at on the trail the color is less  strong (may be 
>transparency).
>I can not distinguish them from the background anymore.
>
>Do you know if OSM have high contrast mode?
>
>The best for me, a simple map with the road and trail in black and the 
>background in white, or the reverse.
>
>I have already browsed the wiki and asked Google, I find projects for 
>the blind but not for the visually impaired.
>Thank you in advance for your response.
>
>Mathieu
>
>
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