Re: [IxDA] Thoughts on UXmap
On 11 October 2010 00:40, iris.sharon wrote: > A few months ago I was looking for a local design consultancy in Japan, > and had trouble finding one. I thought it would have been great if > design and UX-related information is organized geographically. I came up > with UXmap.com [1] and began providing local UX information about > consultancies, labs, vendors, conferences, education, associations, > events, and jobs. I can see how it supports needs of both design and UX > people as well as their stakeholders. What do you think? Is there a need for > this? Would you, personally, find it useful? Why or why not?
Really like the idea of maps as a way of viewing this type of stuff.
I'd like to: start at my current location. be able to link to a specific location eg. uxmap.com/brighton be able to embed the map set to a specific location view it inside Google Maps (I like the full-screenishness)
-- Danny Hope User Experience Design, Brighton UK http://dannyhope.co.uk +44 (0)7595 226 792
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interesting, but it appears to be loading very slowly. Any ideas why?
maybe you could cache the information instead of collecting it fresh with each zoom...
Joe
On 11/10/2010, at 08:06 , Danny Hope wrote:
> On 11 October 2010 00:40, iris.sharon wrote: > > A few months ago I was looking for a local design consultancy in Japan, > > and had trouble finding one. I thought it would have been great if > > design and UX-related information is organized geographically. I came up > > with UXmap.com [1] and began providing local UX information about > > consultancies, labs, vendors, conferences, education, associations, > > events, and jobs. I can see how it supports needs of both design and UX > > people as well as their stakeholders. What do you think? Is there a need for > > this? Would you, personally, find it useful? Why or why not? > > Really like the idea of maps as a way of viewing this type of stuff. > > I'd like to: > start at my current location. > be able to link to a specific location eg. uxmap.com/brighton > be able to embed the map set to a specific location > view it inside Google Maps (I like the full-screenishness) > > -- > Danny Hope > User Experience Design, Brighton UK > http://dannyhope.co.uk > +44 (0)7595 226 792 > >
Hi Danny and Joe,
Thank you so much for your input. I will definitely think about ways to improve the site although I am kind of limited by what Google Maps allows me to do. And there are ways to bypass it.
Best,
Iris