Responsive Interactivity:
Toward User-centered Adaptive Map Experiences

John J Czaplewski - University of Wisconsin Geoscience Dept.
Rashauna Mead - Applied Population Lab, University of Wisconsin
Richard Donohue - University of Kentucky

Adaptive Maps!

http://bradfrostweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/adaptive.jpg

Purpose

Context

Functionality

http://lufthansa.com

http://lufthansa.com

Using user location

http://www.overpass-api.de

examples/basemap

examples/basemap

Adaptive Representation

Adaptive Composite Map Projection

http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/ScaleAdaptiveWebMapProjections.html

mapbox.com/blog/dynamic-hill-shading/

"What if the map on your iPhone was responsive, changing the shadows based on the time of day?"

mapbox.com/blog/dynamic-hill-shading/

examples/zoom-scale/

Apple UX guidelines

Adaptive Server Side

paleobiodb.org/navigator

paleobiodb.org/navigator

paleobiodb.org/navigator

paleobiodb.org/navigator

Other Adaptive

http://codepen.io/bradfrost/full/tLxAs

immense-brook-4862.herokuapp.com/

Where do we go?

Reusable libraries?

Stick with device/screen specific applications?

Thanks!

Slides - johnjcz.com/presentations/foss4g2014
Code/examples (CC0 1.0) - github.com/jczaplew/foss4g2014

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@RashaunaMead
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