Accessible Maps: An Alternative Solution

Daniel Ellis Research
Bootcamp
Published in
7 min readDec 16, 2022

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When it comes to dynamic maps, conventional methods can only take us so far — but is there a better way?

A dot density map of London.
A dot density map of London. Source: Daniel Ellis (self)

Background

Colour blindness. Alt-text. Tab Index. Contrast. Screen Readers — it is easy to get distracted when talking about accessibility. In the dictionary, accessibility is defined as:

“ The quality of being easy to…

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Research Software Engineer specialising in High-Performance Computing and Data Visualisation. — PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry and Masters in Theoretical Physics.