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Digital map tools often fail accessibility standards for disabled users. Most tools lack essential features like text alternatives and keyboard operability, hindering access.

Keywords:

Accessible Digital Evaluation Map WCAG

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Web accessibility standards

Background:

Digital maps are essential tools in professional and daily life.
Current digital map accessibility is insufficient, posing challenges for users with disabilities.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 provide a framework for digital accessibility.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the accessibility of popular digital map tools based on WCAG 2.1 criteria.
To identify specific accessibility barriers faced by disabled users of digital maps.
To propose adaptations of WCAG criteria for better application to geographic maps.

Main Methods:

A partial Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) comparison was conducted on 14 leading digital map tools.
Fifteen WCAG 2.1 criteria relevant to geographic maps were assessed.
Modified definitions for criteria 1.1.1 (Non-Text Content), 1.4.11 (Non-text Contrast), and 2.1.1 (Keyboard Accessibility) were applied.

Main Results:

Significant accessibility issues were found across most digital map tools evaluated.
Only one tool, Audiom, achieved full compliance with the assessed WCAG criteria.
Common shortcomings included inadequate text alternatives, poor non-text contrast, and lack of keyboard operability.

Conclusions:

There is an urgent need for digital map developers to improve accessibility.
Enhanced map accessibility benefits users with disabilities, expands user base, and drives innovation.
The study provides a framework and guidelines for improving digital map accessibility in academic and practical settings.