[EHPweb] Prototype Mapping Interface

[Jim Luetgert]

Hi Eric,

I took a quick look at the prototype at work today, but deferred 
commenting until I could spend more time at home this evening. I am now 
connected via ERas and am unable to see the display. It gets as far as 
'Connecting to maps.google.com' and hangs.

Here are some comments from memory:
When you hover the cursor over an event, the only information displayed 
is the magnitude. If, for example, there are three M2.0 events on the 
map, how do you sort them out? It would be useful to at least display an 
event ID. Better yet would be the additional ability to click on the 
event to open the event information page as was done on the previous 
recenteqs map pages.

One of the really useful things about the old "Quake" recenteqs pages 
was that the list of EQs beneath the map was only those EQs displayed on 
that map. When I am particularly interested in looking at events near 
Mexicali and am zoomed in to the max, I don't need to wade through all 
those listed events in Chile, etc.

Paul's comment about magnitude thresholds illustrates the problems of 
trying to design a common interface that satisfies everybody's needs. I 
can understand why you might want to impose a magnitude threshold for 
global views to better reflect a global minimum magnitude detection 
level. For regional and local views, however, it is imperative to 
display all events >M0.

I'll take another look tomorrow from my office.

Cheers
-Jim

On 5/25/10 9:17 AM, Eric M Martinez wrote:
> - All -
>
> Below is a link to a prototype of the new mapping interface. This
> currently plots M0+ on a Google map and has a list view below the map.
> Please take some time to play with this interface and send me your
> feedback. What features do you like? What features do you dislike? What
> features would you like to add? Was the interface responsive? Easy to
> understand? Etc...
>
> http://ehpd-earthquake.cr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/rssplotting/index.php
>
> Remember, this is a prototype and for internal access only.
>
> Thanks,
> ~Eric.
>
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