Ease of use of mobile navigation software and map Software

This article was written by a prawn who talked about ophone shielding Google map. In this article, he talked about Google map and AMAP, the speed of opening and enlarging maps, and the speed of locating and searching, when it comes to navigation and lbs, I agree with most of my views, but I do not agree that Google map is used to navigate AMAP to lbs. I even think that AMAP's lbs functions are not as powerful as Google map, why does Google map provide online search is even more necessary for lbs. I do not agree with the same concept, but at the same time, I think about the ease of use of the navigation map software. As a GPS practitioner, what kind of navigation map software is a useful navigation software? I used to write an article titled "mobile navigation: service, not software !", The explanation seems to be true. Today, based on my own experience, let's talk about the ease of use of the navigation map software I think. It should be noted that the navigation software must be a map software, but the map software is not necessarily a navigation software. As for the software on the mobile phone, Google map is strictly enough, however, there are a lot of issues that I'm not satisfied with, but I'm quite satisfied with it in general.

I am using Nokia 6220c. Why do I choose it because I need 5 million cameras and built-in GPS? Although it looks average, it does not work well, but it meets my needs and is cost-effective, so I have to choose fish instead of a bear's paw. If you are interested in my machine, you can view my comprehensive evaluation after one week. This mobile phone is also a smart phone (although everyone does not evaluate the Symbian system), so I have installed a lot of software, including navigation map software, there is even a pitfall junk map software (I criticized the tiger map software by name here, because the registration prompts are vague, resulting in five dollars, don't talk to me about just a few dollars, or TMD those who say that the tiger map is easy to use, not just a fool of me, but a person must be moral, not to mention a company ), however, I actually use two software, one navigation software and one map software. Google map is the most widely used software. In this case, the ease of use of the navigation map software can be considered.

Easy-to-use thinking 1: Fast software opening.This refers toProgramWhen the button is pushed to the main interface, a lot of content is loaded in the middle. The speed affects user experience. Just like using a computer, you can press the boot button to enter the desktop, can you afford it in ten minutes? I have started my computer for more than two minutes. Therefore, the navigation map software should be controlled within five seconds.

Usability thinking 2: Fast positioning.Generally, GPS Positioning takes more than one minute, which is a difficult number. Imagine that most of the maps I want to use are needed (such as getting lost or looking for a place, if I haven't told me the current location for half a day, how can I use GPS for map? Mobile phone GPS chip is very weak, higher than the PND sense is much worse, but fortunately can use A-GPS, although the point of traffic but the speed is much faster, in the open space, I usually locate the location in about 10 seconds. Of course, the mobile phone signal is also needed. However, Google map is commendable because it can be located through base stations, that is, it can be located without GPS. Although the error is large, it is still available and worth using, the positioning of regional base stations in Hong Kong, where the high-rise buildings are too intensive and GPS failures occur, shows ease of use. If you can give you an approximate location through the base station before GPS positioning, this should be very considerate.

Easy-to-use thinking 3: Fast map.Maps and software are independent regardless of the map software or navigation software. Generally, maps can be divided into online and internal models based on different storage methods, google map software and mobile phone navigation software (provided by Tai for the company) are both online maps, while Kay lide's navigation software is a built-in map. Generally, the speed of opening a map is faster than that of the online map because you do not need to download it over the network. This also leads to the fatal embarrassment of online map software. Without a network, online map software becomes useless. Quick maps are not only reflected in map loading, but also in the scaling and dragging of maps. Mobile phone keyboards (with or without a keyboard) and screens (with or without touch) have limitations, with this limitation, how to quickly scale and smooth a mobile map affects your experience. Google map's scaling is to first scale the current map image. During the map loading process, the map is not blank, and there is no map re-drawing or suddenly blank during the small scale map movement process. Quick map is an important reason why I use Google map instead of navigation software.

Easy-to-use thinking 4: Search intelligence.Whether you look at the map or navigation, you always need to find the destination. How to intelligently and quickly search for the destination is a test. An external map sends keywords to the server and then the server returns the results to the client. The advantage is that the server retrieves the results for you, and the computing capability is definitely better than the CPU of the mobile phone, in addition, the database is huge and unknown and can even be said to be constantly updated. The disadvantage is the network problem. The built-in map is the opposite. No search is available, but the map data must be constantly updated to search for the latest content. The accuracy and practicality of the search results are very important. For example, if you cannot find Pudong International Airport, you can find a bunch of commercial hotels in Shaanxi province, the first result of finding a home inn is actually a dozen kilometers away from me. Maybe the ninth is the result that is closest to me. The search result is the first (unless it does not exist. It is the most depressing to be unable to find the result because it does not exist in the map, which means that the software is the same as my mind, or a blank space). accuracy is the second, intimacy is the third.

Usability thinking 5: Information richness.The traditional built-in file database query results are often simple results, and online query software such as Google map provides us with more information, in addition to the name and address phone number, there are also detailed descriptions and even comments. These reference information helps to determine the matching of search results and our target requirements. Google map is worthy of being a mass Integrator. It integrates network information through its own engine and continues to enrich and expand. The important core of LBS is the rich data.

In addition to phone and text messages, mobile phones play an increasingly important role in our daily lives. However, mobile phones are just a convenient reference for GPS and maps, it is impossible to replace Web Maps and on-board navigation, while Location-Based Services (lbs) are becoming increasingly prominent. Ease of use should be a top consideration for how to make users like your software and chew the LBS cake. I wrote these words on my cell phone when I was on a train to Hangzhou (it can be seen that the mobile phone is still very useful). I am personally thinking about using mobile phone navigation software and map software, you are welcome to continue your discussion.