Guidance on GIS accessibility

Massachusetts’ GIS Accessibility Guide is a practical, comprehensive resource covering #accessibility in #webmaps, #storymaps, and static maps. Besides a substantial collection of structured recommendations and links to resources, the guide also publishes a running list of bug reports and enhancement requests, along with their status.
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May 27, 2026

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the USA offers a broad GIS Accessibility Guide on their website. The guide provides numerous recommendations and links to resources around accessibility for GIS and GIS products such as web maps, storymaps, and PDF or paper maps. It features seven parts:

You can see that the guide is geared towards users of Esri products, but it is in no way limited to that user group. It features plenty of general good advice. I like the transparency and accountability aspect of what Massachusetts is doing by submitting issues to Esri and maintaining a public list of what happens to bug reports and enhancement requests.