Microsoft announces that Bing Maps and Nokia maps have achieved a unified style

Absrtact: Microsoft's Bing Team posted an article on the website in Tuesday announcing that the Bing map and the Nokia map have been unified in style through collaboration with Nokia and Microsoft Windows Phone team, in addition to improving the color and typesetting technology to provide users with more

Microsoft's Bing team posted an article on its website in Tuesday, announcing that the Bing map and Nokia maps have been harmonized in style through collaboration with Nokia and Microsoft's Windows Phone team, and that it provides users with a better map experience through improvements in color and typography.

The following articles are published by the Microsoft Bing Team:

Last year, we forged a strategic partnership with Nokia, which included plans to provide users with a unique and attractive map experience. Since then, we have worked with Nokia and the Windows Phone team to develop a unified map style based on the same set of design principles designed to provide a more intuitive and enjoyable online map experience. Our Bing Map designers work closely with Nokia Maps and members of the Windows Phone team to unify map elements, enhance contrast and usability, and ultimately create a more aesthetically pleasing, full-featured map. Today, we are happy to share a new map design for desktop and mobile versions of Bing and Nokia maps. Nokia also issued a corresponding statement.

We first take a serious look at the updates.

Unified road Map Style color

We have updated our palette to create a more concise and coherent road and signpost vision that makes the map easier to read. For example, the new version of the road color and the color of the river is more obvious, and not conflict with the color of traffic, and no coverage of information.

Update Typesetting technology

We focus on upgrading various typesetting factors to provide clear maps, including font updates, readability, and text label improvements. The font size is further reflected in the size of the text label, and users looking at the city name can see that as the map expands, city name fonts increase, and city names increase in transparency. With a technique that reduces the mix rather than the halo, small fonts can be seen more clearly on the map. Proper use of typesetting techniques helps users use map details more quickly.

Create focus through visual hierarchy and keep text in touch

The right information is communicated to the user at every level. Too little or too much information can lead to improper loading, which in turn affects the user experience. Based on this idea, we redesigned it so that when users zoom in or out of a map, they will present a different amount of information. We strive to connect with the context according to the user's preference and present the interrelated content to the user in front of the different map picture.

In addition to map design updates, we have added a lot of map coverage and data through alliances with Nokia and Navteq. Every time we integrate the map data from Navteq We will make a lot of improvements, covering as many new roads, areas and changes as possible. This update is no exception, although the change is too fast, we can not see all the changes on the map, but some countries have a comprehensive map of the improvement, including Egypt, Israel, Malta, the Philippines, Uruguay and Venezuela.

In short, we firmly believe that Bing and Nokia maps, as well as user mobile devices on the new style will be more convenient, satisfying you, really make users feel happy. We hope you enjoy this update.

Bing Map Team-Rom Impas (Rom impas), Donnald Bannett (Donald Barnett), Duncan Laure (Duncan Lawler), Nicole Farrand (Nikolai faaland), David Bouere (David Buerer), Jeson Wilson (Jason Willison).