codeforboston/safe-water

Set design of dasboard

de-la-viz opened this issue · 3 comments

de-la-viz commented

Based on our experience of what can be done with ArcGIS, propose a design for the dashboard.

  • color palette? CRWA Color Scheme.pdf
  • which charts where?
  • style of data points?
  • where are the texts? which texts
  • where is the URL to download the data?
  • where is the link to contact? is there a webpage from crwa.org embedded somewhere?
  • ...

Output:

  • a sketch or description that the ArcGIS dashboard creators can use or follow.
de-la-viz commented

Are users are more interested in filtering by town or sampling site?

I do think it makes sense to have it by town - that seems most understandable to outside users who may not know our site names. But I do like that the sites are dots on the map and have their location identified by a description and site number (We have layers for this is that I can share). I do want the sites (as dots) easily identifiable even when someone searches/filters by Town.

Also, Lisa:

  • Can the default on the map be to show E. coli data? It'd be clearer, and then people could check off if they want to view phosphorus or chlorophyll a.
  • Can the map always have an outline of the watershed on it? (we have that layer file if you need it)
  • Can the map also show the major tributaries to the Charles, as we have data at many of those? (we have layer if you want)
  • I like the big averages for the data in numerical form.
  • I like the ability to filter by time period
  • Can all of the graphs over time be line graphs? It'd be good too to show a trend line on these, and certain 'action limits' for each parameter (ex. for E. coli it'd be 126 and 630).
  • In a future iteration, it'd be cool to have a pie chart with the number of samples that meet or don't meet these action limits.
  • I don't really like the change of size of dots as a symbology technique for this data.I think just a solid circle with a color will be best. Perhaps we (or I) can create good colorbars for each parameter that corresponds to our action limits.
de-la-viz commented

Update:
CRWA (Lisa) like the design. We will not invest much time in design anymore, only what we deem necessary for improving the UX. We still need more explanations and potentially a FAQ.