Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Geovisualization(also: Geospatial visualization, Geographic visualization)
- The use of interactive visual representations — choropleth maps, dot density maps, heat maps, flow maps, and related forms — to make geographic patterns, trends, and spatial relationships visible and explorable. Geovisualizations combine cartographic traditions with…
- Map Accessibility(also: Accessible maps)
- The practice and field of making maps — digital geovisualizations, online navigation maps, tactile maps, and physical signage — perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for users with disabilities. Map accessibility spans multiple modalities: tactile maps with raised…
- Thematic Map(also: Statistical map)
- A map designed to communicate a specific theme or statistical variable across a geographic region — population density, income, election results, climate, disease prevalence — rather than to depict general topography or physical features. Thematic maps include choropleth maps…
- Visualization Question Answering(also: Chart QA, Visualization QA, VisQA)
- A class of interactive systems that let users ask natural-language questions about a data visualization — a chart, graph, or map — and receive direct textual or spoken answers rather than having to interpret the visualization themselves. Visualization QA systems typically…
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