What Problem Does This Solve? Helpful content is missing on the map. Why Use This Pattern? A Maptip is an informative message that appears when a user hovers a feature, surface, or raster image. Its purpose is to provide helpful content such as additional attributes, data, or images and therefore giving users direct access to […]
Read MoreWhat Problem Does This Solve? Help users to avoid revisiting the same popup repeatedly Why Use This Pattern? A pattern that has been around since the early days of HTML is to show links that have been visited preciously in a different color. This is considered a usability best practice to help users recall which […]
Read MoreWhat Problem Does This Solve? A user wants to see points of interest within a given area as visually represented through the current map extent. Typically, the available options (results) update when the user changes the map extent through panning or zooming. When to Use This Pattern Sometimes called a ‘short list’ this pattern is […]
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