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Should I put the map on the first page?
I want to make an application to find parking and my question is if I should place the map on the first page.
On the one hand the map shows you where you are; if you're in a city that is not yours it ...
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How should locations without exact addresses be represented on a city map alongside locations with exact addresses?
I have a dataset of items I'm interested in mapping over a greater metropolitan area, with multi-item cluster markers at a zoomed-out scale and single-item point markers when zoomed in. Users would be ...
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Map with tappable neighborhoods vs. list of neighborhoods in iPhone app
I'm designing an iPhone app which gives users the option to filter by neighborhoods and I'm considering giving users the option to select neighborhoods from a list as well as by tapping on ...
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Which alternative text (alt) for static maps?
If screenreader users visit a contact page (on a company website) that contains a static map as image, what should be read to them? So: Which alternative text (content of the HTML alt attribute) ...
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I want to group countries on a map into different mutually exclusive groups. What is the best interactive way to achieve this?
I am in a process to create an interactive map which displays sales of a product by region. Based on the data shown there is a possibility that I may find similarities between a few regions and want ...
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UX considerations for interactive mobile maps?
Embedding a mapping service like Google Maps into a website is pretty easy (i.e. using their API, which has recently been updated for mobile performance).
What are the most important UX ...
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Why are election results presented by a geographic map instead of a cartogram map?
This morning (in Sweden) I woke up early to watch the 2012 presidential election in United States. I watched different news sources but all of them presented a geographical map of the results instead ...
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How to display points of interest, waypoints, trails and maps?
I am redesigning a screen in my iPhone app, Gaia GPS, that displays details about points of interest, as well as user-created waypoints, trails, and maps.
I have come up with a new mockup:
What is ...
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Re-plotting items on a map
I am working on a map based system for a control centre. The operatives who work in the control centre work on various map based events such as traffic, roadworks etc.
One of the tasks the users wish ...
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Customer Journey Maps - Good Examples [closed]
I am looking for some thoughts on Customer Journey Mapping, and what makes a map that much better, as well as some examples on the net. I have found a few through my research - but was hoping for some ...
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Is it OK for scrolling interactions to not scroll content?
This is a general question about scrolling behavior with a trackpad or mouse. I've been discussing this with my peers, and it's become quite a debate.
Our conversations are specifically about the ...
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Zoom behavior - can you recommend websites with good zooming experience (not maps)
I am working on a system that presents a hierarchial organizational tree. Each node can potentially have 10 children. The tree has about 10 levels. I want to present information on each node when ...
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Get user Birth location
So i need to get the exact location of where a person was born.
Currently, I have two maps on a page and an input field. So you can basically use either one. Right now the top map is a view of the ...
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mobile app that displays location based information
I am developing a small web based app that will scan QR codes and generate lists of local businesses such as hotels, restaurants etc.
The list can be rendered as, well, a list or as a series of pins ...
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Interaction with elements on cartography touch application
I'm currently designing a touch tablet application that deals with cartography and elements manipulation. We need to be able to touch interact with the elements on the map and :
get info
move item ...
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Examples of Master/Detail UI for “Social-Style” data [closed]
I'm looking for examples of interfaces that allow users to explore complex, interconnected systems on a variety of levels, from high-level patterns to low-level details.
In the mapping world, this ...
