Map for blind
Posted: July 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How to represent a map for blind people. Seen this week in Torino.
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I think it’s interesting that the “You are here” symbol doesn’t stand out (literally) from the surrounding symbols and text. The visual “you are here” icon on a map is usually pretty conspicuous (because finding that is usually the root of all other work on the map) but this symbol doesn’t seem so either visually or tangibly. I would’ve thought it might be raised further than the others …