A geographic or symbolic visual representation of space or relation. Maps optionally provide additional information to help interpret them, like a legend, scale, a title, place or object labels.
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What is the best way to point the user somewhere offscreen in a draggable map?
Let's say you have a Google Maps like draggable map:
I'd like to show the user that there is something waiting for him somewhere outside of the visible portion of the map, let's say to the left. My ...
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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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Popover vs Modal to display a map
I'm working on a small mockup for a list of items where each of them has a map. I think that directly displaying the map for each item will be a little bit overbloated for the users so I'm thinking on ...
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Drop down list vs. clickable map
I'm working on a web tool that requires users to choose their region as a search filter. I'm trying to decide if it will be best to use a drop-down list (there will be 15 regions) or a clickable map ...
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Removing main menu on large map page
I have a small map on my page, and want to allow the user to look at a larger version of it if a link is clicked.
On this new page, the map will essentially be full screen, covering everything except ...
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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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Best way to represent distance in a clear way?
I'm building a job board and the user can search for jobs around its hometown. It can adjust the radius using a slider.
Example:
1) User enters "Brussels" in the input box.
2) User changes the ...
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Designing a marker pin for google map
A marker that is placed on a googlemap as a overlay needs to be designed so that the pin point lies exactly on the point that you specify to place it during coding.
Check the example below, the ...
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Dropdown vs map
Is it a good idea to use map for selecting travel destination?
At the moment we are using dropdown menu to select the country the user would like to visit. We are also using dropdown for duration and ...
