Interactive mapping: Moving maps forward for backwards people

Iain Crawford, US Department of State

A challenge facing many cartographers in organizations, private or public, is the structural inertia surrounding "how things are done." The last decade has seen an incredible explosion in both the power and general use of interactive cartographic products. Unfortunately this growth has not always translated into new ways that customers at the top of the chain consume cartographic products - many of these "senior" clients still think of maps as static products designed to be printed out or inserted in a slide deck. This presentation will highlight some of the methods that the State Department Office of the Geographer has implemented to help nudge the technologically adverse into the world of interactivity.

Transcript

1. Moving Maps Forward for Backwards People Iain Crawford Office of the Geographer & Global Issues U.S. Department of State
2. Outline
3. • Types of interactivity • Resources available • Easing them into it • Wrap up
4. Types of Interactivity
5. • Panning & zooming • Clicking features • Selecting layers • Measuring area and/or distance • Drawing features
6. Resources Available
7. • Software available §  Design packages §  Mapping software • Tablets? Smart phones? • Institutional restrictions • Internet connection
8. Easing them into it
9. Static Products Served Digitally
10. Hyperlinked PDFs & Hidden Features
11. Layered PDFs
12. Layered PDFs
13. Limited Functionality Apps
14. Be Patient Be Content Be Understanding
15. Wrap Up
16. Questions