TY - JOUR
T1 - Symbol Store
T2 - Sharing map symbols for emergency management
AU - Robinson, Anthony C.
AU - Pezanowski, Scott
AU - Troedson, Sarah
AU - Bianchetti, Raechel
AU - Blanford, Justine
AU - Stevens, Joshua
AU - Guidero, Elaine
AU - Roth, Robert E.
AU - MacEachren, Alan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by a contract from the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, Command, Control and Interoperability Division. The views and opinions expressed here are of the authors, and do not reflect the official positions of the Department of Homeland Security or the Federal Government.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - Maps are a primary means for supporting information sharing and collaboration in emergency management and crisis situations. While a variety of formalized map symbol standards for emergency contexts exist, they have not been widely adopted by mapmakers. Informal symbol conventions are commonly used within emergency management stakeholder groups, but until now there has not been a flexible mechanism for discovering, sharing, and previewing these symbol sets among mapmakers. In this paper, we describe the design and development of the Symbol Store, a visually enabled, web-based interactive tool intended to help mapmakers share point symbols. The Symbol Store allows users to browse symbols by keyword, category tags, and contributors. It also allows for symbols to be previewed on realistic maps prior to download. An initial prototype of the Symbol Store was evaluated by flood mapping experts from the State of California, and the results of this user study led to multiple refinements now implemented in the public version of Symbol Store located at www.symbolstore.org. © 2013
AB - Maps are a primary means for supporting information sharing and collaboration in emergency management and crisis situations. While a variety of formalized map symbol standards for emergency contexts exist, they have not been widely adopted by mapmakers. Informal symbol conventions are commonly used within emergency management stakeholder groups, but until now there has not been a flexible mechanism for discovering, sharing, and previewing these symbol sets among mapmakers. In this paper, we describe the design and development of the Symbol Store, a visually enabled, web-based interactive tool intended to help mapmakers share point symbols. The Symbol Store allows users to browse symbols by keyword, category tags, and contributors. It also allows for symbols to be previewed on realistic maps prior to download. An initial prototype of the Symbol Store was evaluated by flood mapping experts from the State of California, and the results of this user study led to multiple refinements now implemented in the public version of Symbol Store located at www.symbolstore.org. © 2013
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U2 - 10.1080/15230406.2013.803833
DO - 10.1080/15230406.2013.803833
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884972284
SN - 1523-0406
VL - 40
SP - 415
EP - 426
JO - Cartography and Geographic Information Science
JF - Cartography and Geographic Information Science
IS - 5
ER -