Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps For Mobility-City Downtown Maps-Windsor

The map title is Windsor. Tactile map scale. 2.0 centimetres = 100 metres North arrow pointing to the north. Windsor downtown details are coded with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Main streets are coded with type and Braille expanded in the PDF file. Secondary streets are not labelled. The Detroit River is located at the upper left and shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. The Detroit Windsor Tunnel is shown as a dashed line. 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 of a travel route in the downtown area…

Publisher

Natural Resources Canada

Resources

12

Catalogue metadata updated

2022-02-22