Comments on: The Kick Map of the New York City Subway System http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/ Making, Understanding, and Looking at Maps Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:23:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eddie Jabbour http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/comment-page-1/#comment-10287 Eddie Jabbour Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:47:50 +0000 http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/#comment-10287 I'm not sure about the KickMap being "colorblind proof" but the gradients of a single color (multiple blues, multiple reds, etc.) we made so that a person would not have to read "color" in order to follow their route. The tonality of a particular line rather than its hue would help people who have difficulty seeing color keep on their chosen line. Not to mention that at each station the line's identity (A,E,2,3, etc.) is present inside each dot in case they "lose track" along the way. I’m not sure about the KickMap being “colorblind proof” but the gradients of a single color (multiple blues, multiple reds, etc.) we made so that a person would not have to read “color” in order to follow their route. The tonality of a particular line rather than its hue would help people who have difficulty seeing color keep on their chosen line. Not to mention that at each station the line’s identity (A,E,2,3, etc.) is present inside each dot in case they “lose track” along the way.

]]> By: flareon http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/comment-page-1/#comment-10286 flareon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:15:58 +0000 http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/#comment-10286 I work as a communications coordinator for a transit system, and i wouldn't use the kick map without significant modifications. The main problem i see is that it isn't color-blind proof. It uses very, very subtle gradations of color and places them immediately next to each other. There are two main layers where this occurs - the route lines and the neighborhood polygons (to a lessor extent). I have a hard time distinguishing the blues/browns on the route lines from each other and i'm not technically color-blind. There are other identifying elements for routes on this map, but since color is such an integral convention a person could probably make an ADA claim against it. And with NY ridership being as large and diverse as it is, i wouldn't be surprised to see one at some point if this map were adopted. 'Accessibility' is mentioned as part of this map's main draw. A transit agency has to take into account all populations where reasonable accommodations can be made. Maps (especially their color schemes) can be adjusted fairly easily to accommodate the color-blind. I would not say that this map using its current conventions meets the full requirements of accessibility. Along with the color gradations, dashes/dots/etc could be used differentiate the lines more clearly. It looks very nice though...i'd take one for my wall! I work as a communications coordinator for a transit system, and i wouldn’t use the kick map without significant modifications.

The main problem i see is that it isn’t color-blind proof. It uses very, very subtle gradations of color and places them immediately next to each other. There are two main layers where this occurs – the route lines and the neighborhood polygons (to a lessor extent). I have a hard time distinguishing the blues/browns on the route lines from each other and i’m not technically color-blind.

There are other identifying elements for routes on this map, but since color is such an integral convention a person could probably make an ADA claim against it. And with NY ridership being as large and diverse as it is, i wouldn’t be surprised to see one at some point if this map were adopted.

‘Accessibility’ is mentioned as part of this map’s main draw. A transit agency has to take into account all populations where reasonable accommodations can be made. Maps (especially their color schemes) can be adjusted fairly easily to accommodate the color-blind. I would not say that this map using its current conventions meets the full requirements of accessibility.

Along with the color gradations, dashes/dots/etc could be used differentiate the lines more clearly.

It looks very nice though…i’d take one for my wall!

]]> By: Change the damn New York subway map please! « ain’t no lai http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/comment-page-1/#comment-6945 Change the damn New York subway map please! « ain’t no lai Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:00:50 +0000 http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/#comment-6945 [...] too difficult to understand. Upon reflecting what happened (again), I googled and found this great post on CartoBlog, a cartography web site. It explains why the NY subway map is the way it is: The [...] [...] too difficult to understand. Upon reflecting what happened (again), I googled and found this great post on CartoBlog, a cartography web site. It explains why the NY subway map is the way it is: The [...]

]]> By: Nuevo mapa del metro New York más simple y atractivo http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Nuevo mapa del metro New York más simple y atractivo Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:52:59 +0000 http://www.cartoblog.com/the-kick-map-of-the-new-york-city-subway-system/#comment-397 [...] | Cartoblog Más información | Kick [...] [...] | Cartoblog Más información | Kick [...]

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