Design / Cartography Resources

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I gathered resources for graphic design and cartography, given that much of graphic design accessibility information can be applicable to cartography products

Resources

Principles of Accessible Design (Presentation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB3ZMByIRwY

Accessible Graphic Design (Presentation)
This one dives into more practical specific things “do xyz for font, do abc for software”; “make sure font is z size, make sure contrast is y”
https://youtu.be/dOpqr2E7Woo?si=u89j9Pzu9M71zro3&t=40
Is not directly discussing maps but a lot of pieces in graphic design relate to cartography
Eg: font, contrast, etc
Home website for checking in on in the future

Graphic Design Accessibility Symposium (Presentation)
They plan to host these every semester! Cool
Graphic Design Accessibility Symposium

What is Inclusive Design? (24 min presentation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYz4GZQIOhM

Minnesota IT Services (PDFs/text)
practical/specific stuff
Quick tips

Slidedeck from Map Accessibility presentation

Map Design Guide - Best Practices Ensuring Accessibility/Usability
Includes information on such things as:

• Standard map elements
• Color
• Symbology
• Patterns
• Legend
• And more

Accessibility Guide for Static Digital Maps
Provides helpful information for making digitally shared static maps more accessible

PDF tagging
Choosing accessible fonts (PDF)
https://downloads.reciteme.com/hubfs/accessible_fonts_guide.pdf

Esri Accessibility Resources (short videos)
“View presentations and videos ranging from the basics to advanced accessibility topics.” Many of the Esri resources seem more targeted on digital/online spaces, but helpful for AGOL etc

Some highlights

• Quick Accessibility design/storytelling basics
• Quick tips: mapping with accessibility
• Testing ArcGIS Online for Accessiiblity
• Survey123 Accessibility

Accessibility in Map Design - NACIS (Presentation)
“This talk will present the concept of Universal design and discusses how this design ethos might be applied to cartography and digital maps. While there are innovative and exciting technological and conceptual methods for expanding map accessibility such as tactile and sonified maps, which will be discussed, these may not be easy to implement. Simpler strategies that are approachable for most map making practitioners will be presented based on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. The WCAG guidelines can be extended applied to cartographic design and how we build digital map-based discovery tools.”

Annotating Designs for Accessibility (Presentation)
It looks like a bit of this is focused on web-focused design but adding because the discussions around it could be relevant for print, and also relevant for AGOL if/when it is possible to add things in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35jmpS8lQM

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

Screen Reader Demo for Digital Accessibility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEbl5jvLKGQ

Bonus

Inclusive mapping - “Trans-ing” the map (presentation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAkWnNCWqQI

Accessibility Fireside Chat (Presentation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqx5PQwds80

How to be a more equitable cartographer (slidedeck)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EkCSieDuq2p-RH8rxv8Kz4XLo10CoXUM/view

Image Accessibility Behind the scenes (presentation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJTsnR-P5NY

Do No Harm Guide: Accessibility in Data Visualization (text)
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/do-no-harm-guide-centering-accessibility-data-visualization