We document the outdoors so everyone can experience it — including people who rely on assistive technology. Accessibility is built in, not bolted on.
Terrain360 builds tools that bring the natural world to people who can't always get there in person. That mission only works if the experience is open to everyone, so we treat accessibility as part of the product — something we test, measure, and keep improving.
We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA, and we build with Section 508 in mind for our federal and agency partners. Accessibility is ongoing work: we audit the site, find gaps, and fix them rather than claim it's ever fully "done."
Specific features we build in:
Spoken scene descriptions
Our 360° viewer generates spoken, per-scene descriptions of what's in view — terrain, water, structures, and conditions — giving the visual scene a meaningful audio alternative.
Keyboard operable
Core navigation and controls can be reached and operated with a keyboard, not just a mouse or touch.
Text alternatives
Images and interface controls carry descriptive text so assistive technology can announce them.
Readable & high-contrast
We use high-contrast color and scalable text that holds up when you zoom or enlarge it.
Immersive 360° panoramas are, by nature, a visual medium, and a screen reader can't narrate a panorama on its own. Where that's a barrier, our spoken audio descriptions and text summaries are the accessible path through the same place — and expanding that coverage is an active part of our roadmap.
If you hit a barrier anywhere on Terrain360, we want to know — your report is the fastest way it gets fixed. Send us a message with the page, what you were trying to do, and the assistive technology you're using if relevant. We'll get back to you as quickly as we can and work with you on an alternative in the meantime.
Tell us what went wrong and we'll work with you on a fix — and an alternative in the meantime.
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