{"id":1703,"date":"2026-01-08T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:59:03","slug":"revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UND launched a revised\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/map\/index.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Google Campus Map<\/span><\/a>\u00a0designed to make navigating campus easier for students,\u00a0employees\u00a0and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>This six-month\u00a0project was a collaboration\u00a0between Marketing &amp; Communications, University Information Technology and Parking &amp; Transportation.\u00a0The updates focus on simplifying how information is presented while adding features people rely on most when finding buildings and parking.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the biggest changes you\u2019ll notice:<\/p>\n<h2>Clearer Building Identification<\/h2>\n<p>Building names are now displayed directly on the map as text overlays, making locations easier to spot at a glance.\u00a0Campus restaurants\u00a0located\u00a0inside buildings are also included.<\/p>\n<p>Building types like academic,\u00a0athletics\u00a0and auxiliary buildings are now grouped into a single building category with one color. Previously, multiple colors and categories created visual clutter and made the map harder to\u00a0read.\u00a0The streamlined approach improves readability and helps users find locations faster.<\/p>\n<h2>Added\u00a0Parking\u00a0Information<\/h2>\n<p>Parking lots and permit types are now included directly on the campus map. This update was completed in close coordination with the Parking Office to ensure accuracy, especially for campus visitors. Over time, these enhancements will reduce reliance on inaccessible PDF parking maps and provide a more consistent and mobile-friendly experience.<\/p>\n<h2>Accessibility\u00a0Features\u00a0Highlighted<\/h2>\n<p>Accessible parking spaces and building entrances are now clearly marked. This supports UND\u2019s LEADS Equity strategic priority and helps ensure the campus map works for everyone, including\u00a0those\u00a0who depend on accessibility information to plan their visit.<\/p>\n<h2>Check for Accuracy<\/h2>\n<p>Building labels,\u00a0images,\u00a0descriptions\u00a0and addresses are audited annually. If you\u00a0notice\u00a0any inaccurate information, please email Aimee\u00a0Halstenson\u00a0at <a href=\"mailto:aimee.halstenson@UND.edu\">aimee.halstenson@UND.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UND launched a revised\u00a0Google Campus Map\u00a0designed to make navigating campus easier for students,\u00a0employees\u00a0and visitors. This six-month\u00a0project was a collaboration\u00a0between Marketing &amp; Communications, University Information Technology and Parking &amp; Transportation.\u00a0The updates focus on simplifying how information is presented while adding features people rely on most when finding buildings and parking. Here are the biggest changes you\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[552],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-accessibility"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility - Website Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UND launched a revised Google Campus Map with simplified building categories, integrated parking information and improved accessibility features to make navigating campus easier for everyone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility - Website Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UND launched a revised Google Campus Map with simplified building categories, integrated parking information and improved accessibility features to make navigating campus easier for everyone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Website Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T20:59:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tera Buckley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tera Buckley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tera Buckley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fb70297bd1a0592f819cb1ec7170db79\"},\"headline\":\"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T20:59:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"keywords\":[\"accessibility\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/\",\"name\":\"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility - Website Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-08T20:59:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fb70297bd1a0592f819cb1ec7170db79\"},\"description\":\"UND launched a revised Google Campus Map with simplified building categories, integrated parking information and improved accessibility features to make navigating campus easier for everyone.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/\",\"name\":\"Website Updates\",\"description\":\"Follow UND&#039;s website improvements and updates.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fb70297bd1a0592f819cb1ec7170db79\",\"name\":\"Tera Buckley\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/web-redesign\\\/author\\\/tbuckley\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility - Website Updates","description":"UND launched a revised Google Campus Map with simplified building categories, integrated parking information and improved accessibility features to make navigating campus easier for everyone.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility - Website Updates","og_description":"UND launched a revised Google Campus Map with simplified building categories, integrated parking information and improved accessibility features to make navigating campus easier for everyone.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/","og_site_name":"Website Updates","article_published_time":"2026-01-08T20:59:03+00:00","author":"Tera Buckley","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tera Buckley","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/"},"author":{"name":"Tera Buckley","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/#\/schema\/person\/fb70297bd1a0592f819cb1ec7170db79"},"headline":"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility","datePublished":"2026-01-08T20:59:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/"},"wordCount":269,"keywords":["accessibility"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/","name":"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility - Website Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-08T20:59:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/#\/schema\/person\/fb70297bd1a0592f819cb1ec7170db79"},"description":"UND launched a revised Google Campus Map with simplified building categories, integrated parking information and improved accessibility features to make navigating campus easier for everyone.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/2026\/01\/revised-campus-map-improves-usability-and-accessibility\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Revised Campus Map Improves Usability and Accessibility"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/","name":"Website Updates","description":"Follow UND&#039;s website improvements and updates.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/#\/schema\/person\/fb70297bd1a0592f819cb1ec7170db79","name":"Tera Buckley","url":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/author\/tbuckley\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/web-redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}