Campus Viewer

Map Instructions

Following Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the features and information contained within Vanderbilt's Campus Viewer are made accessible to all users. Accordingly, accommodations for screen readers and keyboard navigation have been provided.

Visual Layout

Since the purpose of Vanderbilt's Campus Viewer is to provide an interactive web-mapping experience for its users, the central focus of the visual layout is the map and accompanying sidebar.

The main controls for the map can be located in the top left corner of the view. The following list illustrates their tab order and specifc functions:

• Zoom In
• Zoom Out
• Location Tracker — Geographically locates the user's device and represents it on the map. ★Devices with wired internet connections will experience inaccurate and/or unusable location results.★
• Orientation Compass — Resets the map's orientation to North and allows users to track the map's orientation if changed.

Campus Viewer contains a sidebar with two panel buttons on the right-hand portion of the screen. Both buttons can be clicked to view their content as described below:

The top panel button (labeled "Features") allows users to search for buildings and parking lots on campus. In tab order from top to bottom, the panel elements appear as follows:

• Input search field — Type names of buildings and parking lots here and receive auto-complete suggestions (made accessible by using the up/down arrow keyboard keys).
• Layers — List of map layers the user can add or remove by clicking the "eye" icon.
• Legend — List of layer icons, symbology and descriptions.

The bottom panel botton (labeled "Directions") allows users to access the application's way-finding functionality. In tab order from top to bottom, the updated panel elements appear as follows:

• Starting point input field (default "Find address or place") — Click anywhere on campus or type the name of a building/parking lot in the input field to create a starting point.
• Ending point input field (default "Find address or place") — Click anywhere on campus or type the name of a building/parking lot in the input field to create a destination point.
• Accessible friendly directions checkbox — While only available to walking routes, this checkbox allows users to choose an accessible path through campus.

If the user clicks on a selectable feature in the map (i.e. buildings, parking lots, accessible entrances), a pop-up originates from where the user clicked on the screen. To view features beneath the pop-up, simply close it or drag the map away from it. View the tab order for functions within the pop-ups below:

• Close — Clicking the X in the top-right portion of the pop-up closes it.
• Dock — Clicking the docking button (to the immediate left of Close) allows users to dock the pop-up to the left of the main panel
• Feature Name and Number — If applicable, clicking the feature name and number minimizes the pop-up.
• Feature Information — If applicable, information regarding the selected feature.
• Feature Image — If applicable, an image of the selected feature.
• Zoom to — Clicking the magnifying glass in the bottom-left (with image) or top-left (without image) portion of the pop-up zooms to the selected feature.

Keyboard Navigation

Keyboard controls have been added to allow accessible usage of the Campus Viewer application. The tabbing order has also been optimized to ease navigation.

Basic navigation using the keyboard:

TAB — Navigate to the next element.

SHIFT + TAB — Navigate to the previous element.

UP OR DOWN arrow keys in/around input fields — Scrolls through auto-complete suggestions in input search fields or opens the "search in" button next to the field.

UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT arrow keys on the map — Pans the map in the direction (orientation) of the arrow key.

A OR D keys on the map — Pressing A rotates the map clockwise; pressing D rotates the map counter-clockwise.

Questions

Have issues or questions while using Vanderbilt's Campus Viewer? Please contact us via email at Facilities Information Services.