Motionworks
2 Designers, 2 Co-Founders
Ideation, UI Design, Prototyping
February 2021 - 2 days
As a freelancer at Motionworks, a company that provides location and population intelligence (raw data, data visualization & analytics) for clients in various domains, my first challenge was to create a rapid prototype, which would be developed into a demo during the sales process.
Given a set of population movement data, which shows the density of where people are located, the requirements for the map-based interactions are:
1. Ability to search and select a single or multiple neighborhoods in Atlanta
2. Ability to filter the data for the time of the day & the days of the week
3. Graph showing how the population density changes over time
4. Map animation of how the data changes over time
After reading several articles about population movement and spatial analysis, I got my main inspiration for the design from keplar.gl:
I also looked at time and date filters from sites such as AirBnB and came up with the following sketches:
Requirement 1: Ability to search and select a single or multiple neighborhoods in Atlanta
Requirement 2: Ability to filter the data for the time of the day & the days of the week
Requirement 3: Graph showing how the population density changes over time
Requirement 4: Map animation of how the data changes over time
After designing this rapid prototype, I had a much better understanding of geospatial analysis & dynamic time maps as well as their real-world applications. This prototype was used to develop a demo for the Sales Team and I am currently working on integrating these features into Motionworks' main map-based platform.
