User Centered Design for map.geo.admin.ch - FOSS4G - 2013

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armasuisseFederal Office of Topography swisstopoCOSIG

User-centered design for map.geo.admin.ch

Cédric MoulletHead of FSDI Web Infrastructure

@cedricmoullet cedric.moullet@swisstopo.ch

Federal Office of Topography swisstopoCOSIG

Federal Office of Topographyswisstopo• Federal Geo-Information center

• 321 employees

• Producer of the swiss national maps

• Operator of the swiss Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure (FSDI)

• Provider of about 80 geoservices and web mapping applications federated under «geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation»

www.swisstopo.admin.ch – www.geo.admin.ch

Agenda

• Geo.admin.ch• Analysis of map.geo.admin.ch• Redesign of map.geo.admin.ch

geo.admin.ch: the geoportal of the Swiss ConfederationThe federal geodata portal is a publicly accessible platform for geographical information, data and services.

Geographical information consists of geographically and spatially referenced data. It describes the characteristics of a country or region in the form of coordinates and place names.

Geo.admin.ch: Geoinformation Act

The Geoinformation Act (GeoIG) came into force on 1st July 2008. It provides the legal framework, for all activities relating to information about basic geodata of Federal law and its exchange and use.

Geo.admin.ch: Geoinformation Act

Art. 1 Aim

This Act has the aim of ensuring that geodata relating to the territory of the Swiss Confederation is made available for general use to the authorities of the Confederation, the cantons and communes, the private sector, the public and to academic and scientific institutions in a sustainable, up-to-date, rapid and easy manner, in the required quality and at a reasonable cost.

map.geo.admin.ch

Digital data can be viewed, printed out, ordered and supplied by means of the map viewer tool. The required data is available in the form of digital maps and photos, vector data and also as online services. The desired data is available in the form of pixel maps, digital images, vector data etc., at a variety of scales.

End of theory

What can I do with map.geo.admin.ch ?

Federal Office of Topography swisstopoCOSIG 10

Navigate in the map

Add layers

What is a layer ?

Change background

What is a background ?

Search for layers

Search for location, zip, coordinate

How many search functions do you see ?

KML Import MeasureWMS ImportDrawingCompare

In addition:

Feedback toolContextual menuTooltipMetadataCopyrights

All in one app7 parts

Lessons learned

Map navigation:

All other functions:

Not discovered (User survey / user tests)

Not understood (User feedback / user tests)

Where is the print function ?

Can I create a permalink ?

How can I draw in the map ?

How can I add this data ?

Why is the map so small ?

Etc……

… but all these functions exist….

Don’t make me think !!!

… still 12’000 users per day ;-)

-> We need a redesign !

Our main issue ?

We are GIS specialists…

Who are the users ?

Authorities of the Confederation, the cantons and communes, the private sector, the public and the academic and scientific institutions

-> Oups, in other words, everyone

What want the users?

Fast access to information

-> Paradigm change from « Access to data » to « Access to information »

Federal office -> « We need to publish geodata »

Internet -> « Geodata are maps »

Citizen -> « I need an information »

What know the users?

Google & Google maps

What are our constraints and restrictions ?Law

Corporate Design Bund

New design proposal

Less parts4 parts

More map

Functions

Functions in one place

Navigation

Navigation in one place

Search

Only one central search

Topics

Topics for fast access to layers

Demo time

www.geo.admin.ch

map.geo.admin.ch

api.geo.admin.ch

info@geo.admin.ch

Twitter: @swiss_geoportal

THANK YOU

User Centered Design for map.geo.admin.ch - FOSS4G - 2013

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