More and more people are biking to work in Beaverton, Oregon and the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Washington County has prepared a new bike map to guide them. The map has incorporated a color palette that enables all lines and shading to be seen by color-blind map readers. Certainly more maps should consider this as a full seven percent of the male population is color blind. Only about 0.5% of women are color blind.
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Maps for Color Blind Cyclists by OregonLive.com
# posted by MapWatch @ Sunday, September 05, 2004