Route positioning WHAT Provide methods for a user to define the start and end point of the route and sometimes even additional locations. WHY It is important to be aware and understand the differences of the differe…

Where am I on the route? The Route Positioning pattern keeps users oriented along their journey.

Explore the pattern:
mapuipatterns.com/route-positi...

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Extent-driven content WHAT The extent-driven content pattern synchronizes content in the UI with the map extent. It describes how the map can be used as a dynamic spatial filter that updates other content on the page as…

The extent-driven content pattern synchronizes content in the UI with the map extent.

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mapuipatterns.com/extent-drive...

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Should be part of his next test.

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Using the scroll bar to move through a series of predefined map content has a name: Scroll to Pan

Explore the pattern:
mapuipatterns.com/scroll-to-pan/

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Search and edit WHAT The search and edit pattern helps users find features that need to be updated or modified quickly. The typical use of search is to find an item and display its location and attribute values bu…

Find features that need to be updated or modified quickly.

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mapuipatterns.com/search-edit/

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List and details WHAT The list and details pattern is related to the location list pattern. Both patterns share the same layout and use similar interaction patterns such as data brushing. The main difference is tha…

Lists help you scan - Details help you decide.

The List + Details pattern combines both, letting users browse quickly and dive deeper when it matters.

Explore the pattern:
mapuipatterns.com/list-details/

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"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

That’s Murphy’s Law

New pattern drop at The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Design:
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/murphys...

Confession time:
What broke for you at the worst possible moment?

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Store locator WHAT The store locator pattern finds physical store locations closest to a place, address, or the user’s current location. It is important for companies to provide a store locator that helps their …

Where’s the nearest ...?
The Store Locator connects users to real places we care about.

Explore the pattern:
mapuipatterns.com/store-locator/

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"Let's just add this one feature..."

Next thing you know - your UI is everything, everywhere, all at once.

Kitchen Sink pattern is live:
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/kitchen...

Before your UI goes down the drain:
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aka the emotional blue dot

NEW FEATURE: Somewhere Around Here™

Precision is overrated.

We replaced your exact location with a warm sense of general direction.

"You’re… probably near (and on to) something."

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Location list WHAT The location list pattern consists of a list of locations, often referred to as sites, and is visualized by markers on a map. A key, like a legend, establishes a relationship between locations…

Maps show where.
Lists show what.

The Location List bridges both - syncing map and list for easy scanning and comparison.

Explore the pattern:
mapuipatterns.com/location-list/

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Nearby WHAT Show objects that are in close proximity to your current location or a place of interest. WHY Users have a deep interest to know what is happening around them. Showing them the location of nea…

What’s around me?

The Nearby pattern answers it instantly - surfacing relevant places based on your location.

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mapuipatterns.com/nearby/

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Awareness of the importance for asking "deeper" questions is the purpose of this pattern.

First step is to recognize that a proposed solution is only the tip of the iceberg. Often a request of "making a button bigger" may only means that the user didn't see it, adjusting the label or placement would be a better solution.

"Make that button bigger" isn't a real fix.

Most issues live below the surface. That’s the Iceberg Model.

New pattern dropped:
hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/iceberg...

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Share live location WHAT Allow other people to track and follow your location. WHY As people and things move around and change their location, the need to keep track of their exact place in near real-time is important…

"Where are you?" ...just share it.

Live Location Sharing lets others see where you are in real time - no screenshots, no guessing.

Explore the pattern:
mapuipatterns.com/share-live-l...

#UX #Maps #GIS

Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach Earth in just 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
Not a single photon passes through the Strait of Hormuz. 🌞

Augmented reality (AR) WHAT The augmented reality (AR) pattern helps the user identify location and nearby features by visualizing them through superimposing digital information on whatever the user is looking at through…

What if the map wasn’t on your screen…
but in front of you?

Augmented Reality (AR) blends spatial data with the real world.

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mapuipatterns.com/augmented-re...

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New pattern just dropped: Swiss Cheese Model 🧀

Most failures aren’t one big mistake...
they’re many small ones lining up perfectly.

Or in UX terms:
everything worked... until it didn’t.

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The "Duck" in Avenida Place hotel, Barcelona, Spain.

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How New Yorkers See The World: View of the World from 9th Avenue

Thoughts?

More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/new-yorke...

No, after user interaction of some sort

Yeah, I'm not sure that's super useful. I do like the idea of moving from outdoors to indoors, like walking through the front door. Then the floor selector becomes available, like in an elevator