location – Map UI Patterns

Share Live Location

What Problem Does This Solve? Allow other people to track and follow your location. Why Use This Pattern? As people and things move around and change their location, the need to keep track of their exact place in near real-time is important to make appropriate decisions like estimating time of arrival, intercepting or meeting along […]

Blue Dot

What Problem Does This Solve? Mobile users need to see their current location on a map to understand their surroundings. Why Use This Pattern? People that navigate indoor and outdoor spaces rely on their location to make decisions on features around them. From their point of view the world gravitates around them, they are the […]

Location Finder

What Problem Does This Solve? User wants to find the geographic location from other geographic data, such as street addresses, points of interest or postal codes. When to Use This Pattern Use the location finder to provide a means to zoom to a point or area of interest that matters to the user of the […]

Locate Me

WHAT The locate me pattern helps users quickly find their current location in the map. It is a crucial mechanism for providing meaningful context about the user’s location and surroundings. WHY Users on mobile devices are focused on their immediate area and tend to have a narrow center of interest or activity. They are usually […]