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cmu-delphi / www-covidcast

Front end for interactive visualizations powering the COVIDcast website.
https://delphi.cmu.edu/covidcast/
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Consider removing city names at high zoom levels #560

Closed philmcguinn closed 3 years ago

philmcguinn commented 4 years ago

User from Allegheny county expressed confusion that a zoomed in county view listed "Pittsburgh" since our map shows city names. We should discuss/consider removing city names at certain zoom levels to avoid confusion as to the region being analyzed.

philmcguinn commented 4 years ago
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sgratzl commented 4 years ago

related code:

https://github.com/cmu-delphi/www-covidcast/blob/c013371765a6167f452ad2c92419b82e0ade8662/src/components/MapBox/layers.js#L67-L103

kateharwood commented 4 years ago

What is the reason for having the cities labeled on the map at any zoom level?

philmcguinn commented 4 years ago

Hey @jennyxxdance do you know why we label certain cities on the visualization? or @sgratzl perhaps.

sgratzl commented 4 years ago

it was decided before my time, so @MizJodi or @adamperer might know it

adamperer commented 4 years ago

This also pre-dated me. But I suspect city names of popular cities can be good anchors to browse the map (especially for the general public who may not be super map-literate). But if you feel this is confusing to our target users, we should reconsider.

For comparison: The NYTimes COVID map starts with short state abbreviates when zoomed out, and slowly add cities in as you zoom-in. The Washington Post COVID map uses city names like we do. I haven't seen a map that labels county names... perhaps because there are just so many and the text may be overwhelming

MizJodi commented 4 years ago

My memory is that someone did not like the way the labels aligned/appeared at high zoom levels.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:29 AM Adam Perer notifications@github.com wrote:

This also pre-dated me. But I suspect city names of popular cities can be good anchors to browse the map (especially for the general public who may not be super map-literate). But if you feel this is confusing to our target users, we should reconsider.

For comparison: The NYTimes COVID map https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html starts with short state abbreviates when zoomed out, and slowly add cities in as you zoom-in. The Washington Post COVID map https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/ uses city names like we do. I haven't seen a map that labels county names... perhaps because there are just so many and the text may be overwhelming

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kateharwood commented 4 years ago

To me the state abbreviations seem better (like NYTimes has), but I get that that might also be too busy. The cities look a little odd I think mostly because we only have a few. Maybe we could add more like the Washington Post has.

tildechris commented 3 years ago

Closing this as obsolete since we will be changing the way the map works in the redesign.