[EHPweb] NextGen EQMaps Beta

[Michael Blanpied]

Lisa,

Thanks very much for the feedback and summary! It's great to know 
that you're making progress on the new maps, and that you've found a 
suitable way around the Google impediments.

One point that I don't see on your list is the question of M<1 
earthquakes. Our colleagues with interests in central California and 
in volcanic areas are very keen to see the magnitude floor removed 
from the maps. This has been brought to my attention a couple of 
times now, so I'd appreciate hearing the status of that issue so that 
I'll know how to respond next time it comes up.

Thanks again,
Mike

At 10:49 AM -0700 12/3/10, Lisa A Wald wrote:
>Everyone-
>
>Thank you for your feedback, comments, and suggestions about the 
>Next Generation Earthquake Maps for the EHP website.
>
>The Web Team has compiled the various comments, weighted them 
>according to how many times we received the same comment, and we are 
>currently addressing all the comments starting with those with the 
>highest priority.
>
>Because of Google licensing issues with our high web traffic to the 
>EQ Maps, we are having to move to another client-side software, 
>OpenLayers API.  I think you'll agree that OpenLayers is every bit 
>as good, if not better, than Google Maps (and it doesn't preclude us 
>from using Google Maps API in the future if the licensing issue is 
>resolved).
>
>These are some of the tasks we're working on to address your 
>concerns before the Public Beta is launched in January:
>
>1. Remove clustering algorithm, or allow user to turn it on and off; 
>add cluster symbol to map key.
>2. Add links to event pages from event table below map; turn off 
>dbl-click on event symbol on map.
>3. Implement full-page-size map.
>4. Add magnitude to hover text.
>5. Change labeling from "Event" to "Earthquake".
>6. Add user guide for features that are not intuitively obvious.
>7. Use our own basemaps, cities, list, etc instead of the build-in 
>data provided by Google Maps.
>8. Other small changes such as scale bar, lat/lon of mouse position.
>
>Additional features, such as faults with mouse-over info, volcano 
>locations, caldera boundaries, etc. will be added in the future, 
>potentially before the final public release.  We'll have a mechanism 
>in place to receive comments on the next beta version too.
>
>Thanks for helping to make this an outstanding product!
>
>- Lisa
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>Lisa Wald, Geophysicist
>Web Team Manager/Project Manager
>USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
>Golden, CO
>303-273-8543
><mailto:lisa at usgs.gov>lisa at usgs.gov
>
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