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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Jun 2, 2017 11:01AM

i am not sure it will fill your need but please take a look at the maps
demo on this page its an exalent svg map that is accessable

Lucia Greco
Web Accessibility Evangelist
IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
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On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 5:36 AM, Swift, Daniel P. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> We're looking to breathe some life into our campus map. Does anyone have
> any experience with maps where the buildings are svg/satellite images? I'm
> also interested in maps that don't consume a whole lot of bandwidth. The
> administration is looking at something like this from the company Campus
> Tours (link to follow, courtesy of Northern Kentucky University):
>
> https://map.nku.edu/#!UMAP_2016042711391
>
> Bandwidth on load is over 10M and mobile isn't much better at around 8M
> and accessibility has a lot to be desired.
>
> Any thoughts/feedback/suggestions for third party map vendors whose
> product is a great looking map, accessible, and lower bandwidth would be
> very appreciative.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan Swift
> Senior Web Specialist
> Enterprise Services
> West Chester University
> 610.738.0589
>
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