ABSTRACT

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 (http://flyovercountry.io), 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).

摘要

技术已将地图转变为用于探索和了解世界的交互式工具。在本文中，我们介绍了 Flyover Country (http://flyovercountry.io) 的用户体验 (UX) 设计流程，这是一款移动地图应用程序，可将有关地球地质和历史的信息可视化，允许用户保存然后访问信息飞行、驾驶或远足时离线。具体而言，本文提出了一项 UX 设计研究，该研究跟踪 Flyover Country 的概念化、实施和修订，并采用基于场景的设计来介绍为我们的 UX 设计提供信息的两个用例场景：对公众的科学推广和地球科学教育实地考察指南。在论文中，我们注意到了 UX 设计见解，这些见解可能可以转移到其他移动地图上下文中，