Journal
JOURNAL OF MAPS
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 39-50Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2020.1867247
Keywords
UX design; mobile maps; interactive cartography; location-based services; big data visualization; geoscience
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [1550843, 1550855, 1550913, 1555267]
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1555267] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [1550913, 1550855] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1550843] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Technology has revolutionized maps into interactive tools for exploration and comprehension of the world. This article presents the UX design process for Flyover Country, highlighting how different use case scenarios influenced the design. Mobile representation design and mobile interaction design insights that are potentially transferable to other mobile mapping contexts are organized in this paper.
Technology has transformed maps into interactive tools for exploring and understanding the world. In this article, we present the user experience (UX) design process for Flyover Country (), a mobile mapping application that visualizes information about the Earth's geology and history, allowing users to save and then access the information offline while flying, driving, or hiking. Specifically, the paper presents a UX design study that tracks the conceptualization, implementation, and revision of Flyover Country, and employs scenario-based design to walk through a pair of use case scenarios that informed our UX design: science outreach to the general public and field trip guides for geoscience education. In the paper, we note UX design insights that are potentially transferable to other mobile mapping contexts, organizing insights by mobile representation design (scale, projection, symbolization, and typography) versus mobile interaction design (map entry point, bottom navigation, floating action button, and pull-up information panel).
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