Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness: What Visitors with Vision Loss Want Museums and Parks to Know about Effective Communication

Enlarged areas of the map

The use of raised rectangles to set off enlarged portions of the map was confusing. Participants thought the rectangles were landscape features. Their use is common with maps in a visual context but it was an unfamiliar technique for a number of participants. They did not understand why there were two Kitty Hawks on the map. Treating the enlarged area as a separate map rather than trying to connect it to the primary map would be more effective.