What Would Steve Jobs Think About the State of GIS Mapping Applications in the Mainstream? Top 10 Ways to Streamline the User Experience for Your Geospatial Application
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Are you frustrated with the state of GIS mapping applications in the mainstream today? Had enough of the ubiquitous GIS map viewer template apps? Does your current mapping site need a help manual? Wondering how 200 layers and 20 tools will be used by non-GIS users? Shouldn't your site seamlessly transition to an iPad and other mobile devices? This webinar will discuss: • Targeting your audience • Making beautiful maps • Simplifying your application • Reintroducing the Map to the Web - workflow driven vs. map-centric applications We'll also discuss some insights into the future of GeoWeb: • A future without tiles - vector mapping • The concept of Lean user experience (UX) • Simplifying the user experience with HTML5 • Expecting a tablet friendly web map
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- 2. what’s the state of web mapping today? mapbox.com
- 3. “web mapping + applications”
- 7. “The essence of simple “is knowing what to leave out” techcrunch.com
- 8. People can’t find the info they want on a website 60% of the time * usability.gov
- 10. Does the kitchen sink come with my GIS viewer?
- 12. Don’t waste my time
- 18. YOUR AUDIENCE o what do they want? o what do they expect? o what do you want them to want?
- 19. 9 MAKE BEAUTIFUL MAPS
- 20. Help focus your story with your map
- 21. Don’t distract the user with your map
- 22. Use heat maps and clustering to visualize data
- 23. 8 DON’T MAKE ME THINK.
- 24. Help focus your story with your map hmm…
- 25. Single topic maps get The traffic of the traditional map portal * mapbrief.com
- 26. 7 I’VE SEEN THE FUTURE AND IT DOES NOT INVOLVE TILES.
- 27. TILES WORK WELL (but…)
- 28. UTF-GRID (workaround…but limited) show me
- 29. Any chance to render vectors client-side? YES!
- 30. “VECTORS ARE THE NEW MAP”
- 32. “When virtual objects and actions in an application are metaphors for objects and actions in the real world, users quickly grasp how to use the app.”
- 36. desktop vs. mobile use is blurring
- 37. THIS USED TO BE THE WEB
- 38. THIS IS THE WEB
- 39. Design for mobile first (when possible) Responsive Design (when can’t design for mobile first)
- 41. plan for the distracted use case
- 42. 4 DON’T LET TECHNOLOGY DRIVE YOUR DECISIONS.
- 43. KEEP YOUR INNER GEO-GEEK IN CHECK (at least for awhile )
- 44. KEEP ASKING… o does it benefit the user? o is it necessary for the user? o is it simple for the user?
- 45. REMEMBER…
- 46. 3 THE MAP IS NOT (well not always) THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
- 51. 2 ELIMINATE CLUTTER. (embrace your OCD)
- 55. 1 PRIORITIZE.
- 56. 80 / 20 80% of people use 20% of the functionality
- 57. ITERATE Sketch → prototype → design → test → discuss until it works.
- 59. THANK YOU! chris.gerecke@timmons.com 804-200-6962
Editor's Notes
- The essence of simple is knowing what to leave out.
- According to Usability.gov (an official U.S. Government Web site managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services):Research by User Interface Engineering, Inc., shows that people cannot find the information they seek on a Web site about60 percent of the time.
- Say no to 1000 things
- How can I get out of here…
- http://mapbox.com/demo/visiblemap/
- In their Human Interface Guidelines, Apple states that: “When virtual objects and actions in an application are metaphors for objects and actions in the real world, users quickly grasp how to use the app.”