Sweet, I am currently preparing a topic for my bachelor thesis and it will be something about cartography and colorblindness. Probably something with OpenStreetMap.
I was wondering where I could find people to test example maps etc on, guess I found a good starting point. :)
If someone has major color vision related gripes with any big maps or map services, I would love to hear about it. Not worth pouring out your heart though, keep it short so you do not waste your time in case I already noticed or thought about it.
Google maps used to use green or red lines in custom created maps. In satellite view that color had a very bad contrast with the surroundings, especially area's with lots of (green) nature in it. They now use a bright blue, never had any problems with it.
The new bike navigation feature is a bit more difficult. The legend is hidden in it's initial state, making it difficult and confusing to determine what colors are used for the different lines. After checking it appears that they are using a solid black, solid green/red and a dashed green/red line. Works pretty well, but in absence of the legend there is no way of knowing of you're missing something. Minor problem I'd say, but still :)
If you'd run things by me or get in contact with other colorblind people, shoot me a message via twitter (@wearecolorblind) or via the contact page on the website!
I was wondering where I could find people to test example maps etc on, guess I found a good starting point. :)
If someone has major color vision related gripes with any big maps or map services, I would love to hear about it. Not worth pouring out your heart though, keep it short so you do not waste your time in case I already noticed or thought about it.