HyperMap Atlas™ Scenarios
The HyperMap Atlas can be used as a directory to find specific geo-sites. As well, it can be used to plan a trip (Seattle scenario below) or learn about the geography of a subject (USGS Minerals scenario below).
Seattle -- planning a trip scenarios
HyperMapAtlas.com/Seattle_MSN.html
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 | Imagine you live there and are meeting a friend coming from Amazon at a wifi cafe, then you are going holiday shopping, for a pizza, and to catch a movie. |
|  Find Amazon under Employers.
Click listing to show marker on map. |
| Zoom in to downtown
(Dtown in zoommap below the map). |
| Click Shopping topic and "Show All". |
| View wifi cafes under Services,
click "Central" tab in top bar.
Click "Show All" Services [Internet].
Point at cafes near Amazon.
Pop-up will appear.
Collect by clicking "Add to My List" in pop-up. |
| Repeat with pizza under Food
and movies under Theaters. |
| Click "My List" to view your collection.
Imagine that you could eventually email the
HyperMap Atlas with your My List to your friend. |
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| | You live far from Seattle and are to visit for a conference at a college. |
| Click "Clear All" to remove previous markers. |
| Click Colleges and find Seattle University
by clicking the alpha bar below the list.
Click listing to locate it on the map.
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| Point at landmark icons to learn what are nearby. |
| You want to select a nearby hotel or B&B,
go jogging (Recreation),
and check your email at a wifi cafe (Services).
Click these three topics and
select Central and "Show All" to collect as above.
You can "Hide All" under subtopics to view a
HyperMap of just your selections.
See the collected listings by clicking "My List".
note: the Hotel and B&B pop-ups might eventually
have photos, descriptions, and a reservations form. |
note: The HyperMap Atlas represents the next generation of online mapping; so even with today's higher bandwidth, response in calling up graphics and XML data for topic listings may at first require some patience.
USGS Minerals mines and plants
gaining insights into patterns and relationships
HyperMapAtlas.com/MineralsUSA_MSN.html
View a type of mine or plant under a topic.
| See the distribution of Peat under Agricultural in
comparison with that of Ball Clay under Construction.
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| Click Agricultural topic, then Peat tab and "Show All".
Click Construction topic, then Cly tab and "Show All". |
| Click "Clear All" to remove previous markers. |
| Then see the distribution of Gold, Silver, and Gems.
note: It may take a bit of time for the api to plot the many markers.
Click Non-Ferrous Mine and
the topbar tab "Au" for Gold, select "Show All".
Then click "Ag" tab for Silver, select "Show All".
Toggle Silver's Hide/Show All to see the relation
between Gold and Silver mines. |
| Click Other topic and "GM" tab in top bar for Gems.
Point at markers to view a pop-up identifying the
type of gem. |
| Use the zoom bar below the map to zoom into
sections of the US for a closer look. |
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| See also USGS ESRI ArcWeb geoplotting for comparison:
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/website/MRData-US/viewer.htm |
| Click Mine or Plant
under Mineral Resources Visible and Active. |
| Click i (info) button in top menu. |
| Click a grey square and
info about the site appears below. |
| The HyperMap Atlas system could also be
used with ESRI's ArcWeb GIS. |
Beyond Mashups -- The HyperMap Atlas™
clickable, layered key provides access to multiple geo-topics
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