Description

The map title is Toronto. Tactile map scale. 1.6 centimetres = 5 kilometres North arrow pointing to the north. Toronto and surrounding area. Lake Ontario is shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Main roads, routes. 7, 10, 400, 401, 407, QEW. A broken line represents a boundary line outlining Toronto city limits. A circle with a dot in the middle indicates a bus station located in the south of the city. A circle with a cross in it indicates Union Station, a Via Rail station located in the south of the city. A circle with the shape of an airplane in it indicates Pearson International Airport located west of the city limits. A circle with the shape of an airplane in it indicates the Toronto Island Airport located on an island south of the city. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

Resources

Name	Format	Description	Link
Download CorelDraw through HTTP	Unknown		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/approach-approch/cdr/toronto_ap_en.cdr
Download CorelDraw through HTTP	Unknown		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/approach-approch/cdr/toronto_ap_fr.cdr
Download Hypertext Mark-up Language through HTTP	HTML		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/approach-approch/html-metadata/toronto_ap_en.html
Download Hypertext Mark-up Language through HTTP	HTML		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/approach-approch/html-metadata/toronto_ap_fr.html
Download Portable Document Format through HTTP	PDF		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/approach-approch/pdf/toronto_ap_en.pdf
Download Portable Document Format through HTTP	PDF		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/approach-approch/pdf/toronto_ap_fr.pdf
Download CorelDraw through HTTP	Unknown		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/symbols-signes/cdr/symbology_en.cdr
Download Graphic Interchange Format through HTTP	GIF		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/symbols-signes/cdr/symbology_en.gif
Download Portable Document Format through HTTP	PDF		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/symbols-signes/cdr/symbology_en.pdf
Download CorelDraw through HTTP	Unknown		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/symbols-signes/cdr/symbology_fr.cdr
Download Graphic Interchange Format through HTTP	GIF		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/symbols-signes/cdr/symbology_fr.gif
Download Portable Document Format through HTTP	PDF		https://ftp.geogratis.gc.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/raster/tactile/symbols-signes/cdr/symbology_fr.pdf

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