[EHPweb] New Earthquake Pages - feedback requested

[John Vidale]

Lynda and Lisa and all,

The new page looks very good.  One suggestion, which I'm sending to the wide range of people on the original email because might apply generally, is that perhaps we could more tightly cross-link the regional pages and the national page.

I think, when people zoom in to OR-WA, for example, it would be helpful if an option shows up to jump to the PNSN page, where there is more complete information on the event page.  Currently, there is almost no way to mouse over to the PNSN site.

Conversely, when people exploring the PNSN seismicity map wander outside our area of good coverage, we should offer a link to the national map and/or the California map, depending where they are looking.

I think this cross-linking could make sense between the national map and most regions, and between the adjacent regional pages as well.

John

On Mar 9, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Lynda A Lastowka wrote:

> 
> Dear Colleagues -
> 
> As most of you know, we have been working for over a year on redesigning
> the Latest Earthquake pages.  We have implemented an interactive map, list
> and filter that are highly flexible and easy to use.  The various earthquake
> products are now organized to be event-centric, rather than product centric,
> to provide the most complete and holistic view of an event.  In addition to
> the changes you see on the pages, in the background we have transitioned to
> PDL and QuakeML so that we have more flexibility to receive and render
> products (the current input methods and formats are also still accepted).
> 
> Other features to note:
> *The pages now display 30 days of earthquakes
> *New map layers on the basemap including street, topography, aerial views, faults, and
> hazard
> *Display of all contributed solutions/products
> *Display of phase data (when available)
> *Centralized downloads page 
> *Continued acceptance of link add-ons 
> 
> The beta version has been available on the event pages for several months,
> and has been rapidly evolving based on public feedback and input from GHSC and ESC.
> We would like to receive your  input and feedback on the pages.   
> (URL http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/) 
> We ask that you take a  close look at the pages and send any feedback you have to:
> 
> ngeqmaps at usgs.gov.
> 
> This is a public beta so please share this information with interested colleagues. 
> 
> We hope to replace the current Recent Earthquake pages in early April, so please 
>  take the time in the next two weeks (by March 23)  to submit your feedback.   
> We can then evaluate the release date based on the input we get.   
> In general, your comments are welcome at any time.
> 
> We know that change can take time to get used to, but we hope that you
> will appreciate the features and functionality that the new pages offer.  I would like to thank 
> our developers for their hard work, our colleagues who have provided their reviews, and all of you in advance 
>  for your feedback. 
> 
> We look forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Lynda Lastowka, Lisa Wald and the development team.
> 
> 
> ************************************
> Lynda Lastowka
> USGS
> 303-273-8422

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