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The Accessibility of Web Maps

You may have heard of accessibility as being referred to as A11Y. A11Y is what’s known as a numeronym. The first and last letters of “accessibility” are preserved, replacing the remaining letters between with their sum total of 11. Digital accessibility is much more than just making your website or service screen readable. It’s the …

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The Information Architecture of Web Maps

Observations / By Alan Leonard

As a UX/usability designer, one of the things that I always consider when designing interfaces and experiences is what’s known as Information Architecture (IA). IA is an important part of designing any information system. It is the scaffolding that supports the usability of that system. I’ve always considered maps as data systems. They have different …

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