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Introducing
MapStudy
a survey design framework for 21st Century Cartography
Carl M. Sack
Kristen Vincent
Robert E. Roth
University of Wisconsin-Madison

MapStudy – NACIS 2016
The Skinny
 What is MapStudy?
 Why MapStudy?
 Architecture
 Dance Break
 Setup
 Case Study

MapStudy: What is it?
“MapStudy is an integrated, modularized framework for the
creation of survey applications designed to test cartographic
design and interaction hypotheses in a modern web map
environment.”
–Documentation

Why MapStudy?
 Do the same design principles apply to online maps?
 What about UI/UX design for interactive web maps?

Architecture
(yep, this figure is too large)

Window Sections

Window Sections
header
map
questions
footer

Map Library
 Currently only Leaflet
 Coming (soon?): D3, MapboxGL, image, REST service, iframe

Map Interactions

Map base layers
 Layers that cannot be interacted with except to swap (if enabled)

Map data layers

Questions

Question Pages

Question Sets

Question Blocks

Question Inputs

Question Input Options and Items

Question Buttons

Question Timers
Set

Question Timers
Page

Conditions
 Each user assigned a condition
 Each condition defines a page order
 Pages can be grouped and randomized
 Condition weights determine frequency of assignment

Server
Data Tables:
Table Rows Columns
Master Participants Participant ID, time last updated, question block/item labels,
submission point timestamps
Page Participants Participant ID, time last updated, question block/item labels,
submission point timestamps
Participant Question block/item Question label, question text, input answer

Server
Interaction Tables:
Table Rows Columns
Master Participants Participant ID, interaction hit counts, interaction string
Page Participants Participant ID, interaction hit counts, interaction string
Participant Timestamps Interaction, page, set

Dance Break

Downloading and Installing

Configuration
http://grad.geography.wisc.edu/cmsack/mapstudy/setup/

Configuration Files
 GitHub Docs describe config files
and list all config file options
 Also includes links to setup and
demo apps
 github.com/uwcart/mapstudy

Case Study: MapStudy 1

Case Study: MapStudy 1
 Designed to test different map techniques at two scales using
fake Twitter data
 Feedback so far:
 Relatively easy to set up using setup app and docs
 Picky about data formatting, attribute names
 Requires some trial and error
 Needs more documentation of possible hacks

Future Goals
 Add and continue to update map libraries
 Add additional interactions
 Expand flexibility of questions
 Build developer and user communities to give it
legs

Thank you.
Carl M. Sack – cmsack@wisc.edu
Kristen Vincent – kvincent2@wisc.edu
Robert E. Roth – reroth@wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
A portion of this research was
funded by NSF Grant #1555267

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