MM 340:
Principles of Web Design

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Effective when we care about the geographical location of items.  Eg. news, weather, sports, events, inventory. 

• Geographical Informations systems -

Weakness:  you can put too many heterogenous items together and so need a lower level classification. Example: once you arrive at California, then San Diego, then NU, you still have to figure out what you want to know.

General form of geographcal organization is model based organization -- spatial models..

• 3D models show parts of an object and allow users to click on it to reach that item.

• Car -- engine, front wheel, back wheel,

• Illustration and cutouts can be helpful for 3D objects because you can't otherwise see inside the object.

Home Advisor offers some tremendous ways of searching.

Maps.com Here is an effective way of illustrating time zones: clocks and map. It offers no specific navigation function however.

Zagat.com Here is a geographical navigation that is in text.  Maps and spatial displays are not necessary for geographical navigation.

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