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| Subject: | GISList: RE: Section 508 Question |
| Date: |
08/16/2001 04:05:29 PM |
| From: |
Gene Stahl |
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Ladies and Gentlemen -
This is a problem that militaries around the world have been dealing with
for a
very long time. As mentioned, red-light and blue-light readable products
have
been made in the past to accomodate specific capabilities. THat's why there
was
a raging debate over symbology for the past 8 years developing vanilla
symbols
for all military map products.
While I understand the plight of the visually challenged, I leave it to the
GIS
person to understand his audience. If there are color-blind or completely
blind
members in the audience, the "presenter" should have the presence to know
that,
just as he/she should know the level of understanding of the audience
(techs,
laymen, etc)
I'm not playing down on this topic, but let's not lose too much sleep over
this
folks. Its called "Identifying the needs of the user". Anyone worth their
own
weight should be doing it automatically. As long as we do our job
completely and
competently, Section 508 should be a non-issue.
IMHO
Gene Stahl
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Cossman [mailto:Ronald.Cossman@SSRC.MsState.Edu\
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:17 PM
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