Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Tools of the Trade

Every site has their own form of tools, which are similar to functions, each tool needs a function. When thinking about Myspace, their tools include, bulletins, myspace music and film, HTML editing, etc. Digg has ... well digging, their news voting tool.

The tools i want are specific to maps. Obviously there are tools such as features, which is a different post which i have minorly touched on.

I really want to focus on the tools of the map.

What I envision is a map that has a toolbar similar to photoshop, but obviously not as many tools. I want the mapping process to feel like you are just painting in your experience.

therefore some of the tools I think it should include are

1.) Paintbrush - if you just want to blob the area of your experience
2.) Eraser - erase mistakes
3.) Pencil - if you have a very specific area you want to outline.
4.) Colors Palette - ...colors
5.) Options - options would be where you could change stroke, etc.

I think these are suitable options, posting should feel simple and not overbearing for users unfamiliar with a palette of tools such as that.

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