Work: Government · Science
Seeing the land change, from orbit and from the ground.
The work
Two views of the same place: the satellite record of how it changes, and the photos people take standing in it.
Regions are seen as they change over time, and set against landscape photos submitted by the public, so the view from orbit and the view from the ground can be read together.
Changed since pass 1
I
Time is the main control
A region is a sequence, not a single picture. The concept puts time front and center: step through the satellite record and watch water, towns, forest and fields shift, with what changed highlighted.
II
The ground truth, pinned in place
Landscape photos from the public sit on the map where they were taken. Opening one puts a person’s-eye view next to the satellite’s, for the same spot and the same moment in the record.
III
Exploratory by design
Early concepts that explore how the satellite imagery, the timeline and the public’s photos could work as one, before any spec was written.
Scope
- Exploratory UX
- UI rapid prototyping
- UX research
- Change-over-time interaction
