Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps For Transportation And Tourism-City Approach Maps-Calgary

The map title is Calgary. Tactile map scale. 2 centimetres = 3 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Calgary and surrounding area. Main roads, Route 1 (Trans-Canada), Routes 1A, 2 and 22X The Bow River, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water, runs north - south through the city. A circle with a dot in the middle to indicate a bus station near the centre of the city and another circle with the shape of an airplane in it to indicate an airport to the northeast of the city. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features…

Publisher

Natural Resources Canada

Resources

12

Catalogue metadata updated

2022-02-22