[Accessibility] Accessibility Digest, Vol 67, Issue 5

[Thomas Logan]

Hi,

I wanted to add my team and I did some detailed work on improving the
access to Google Maps displays for a specific project (the location of
Accessible Pedestrian Signals in NYC)

https://equalentry.com/accessible-maps-on-the-web/

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> Hello OSM,
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> What constitutes a truly accessible web map requires extensive user
> research,
> however as can be seen in the Web map tools WCAG 2.1 evaluation [1]
> (presented by Nic Chan at the 2020 W3C/OGC Joint Workshop Series on Maps
> for the Web [2]
> available in video format [3] and slides [4])
> there are quite a few opportunities to improve accessibility in the UI of
> OpenStreetMap
> maps that would immediately benefit the end-user.
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> In the evaluation report I have deliberately not included any techniques
> [5]
> sufficient to pass a particular Success Criterion [6], for brevity,
> however I am hopeful that the community can come together, and improve the
> state of accessibility.
> Feel free to reach out to me about any uncertainties.
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> [1]
> https://github.com/Malvoz/web-maps-wcag-evaluation/blob/master/README.md
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2020/maps/
> [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Gx0e5Gkzg
> [4] https://wcag-maps.nicchan.me/
> [5] https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/
> [6]
> https://github.com/Malvoz/web-maps-wcag-evaluation/blob/master/README.md#evaluated-success-criteria
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> Thanks,
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> Robert Linder
> Member of the W3C Maps for HTML Community Group
> (https://www.w3.org/community/maps4html/)
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