The education and knowledge level of your intended audience will also have an impact on your map and layout design. For example, if you are creating a map of your sewer system for a group of civil engineers, they are going to want a lot of detail. They will want to know the pipe sizes, flow direction, treatment capacities, and more.
However, if you are creating a sewer map for the general public, that level of detail will confuse many because they do not have engineering education or knowledge. The public will more likely just be interested in knowing whether they have sewer service or not.
Physical abilities or disabilities are something you should also consider:
- Will the audience include a lot of people that wear glasses?
- Will some of them be color blind?
These factors are to be considered as well when designing your layout...