MAP ANALYTICS FOR INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED MAPS

摘要

The present disclosure describes technology for capturing data pertaining to user activities on interactive web maps. The captured data can then be analyzed to provide developers with insight into the performance of those maps, measuring not only technical performance but also “cartographic” and/or “user experience” performance. The technology listens for and captures appropriate events occurring on instances of the web map for aggregation and analysis.

主权项

1. A method for gathering map usage data on multiple instances of a map distributed over a network, the method comprising:
for each of at least one individual map object associated with a respective web page, each individual map object also associated with a region of the Earth:
receiving, at a first server, map interaction records for multiple instances of that map object;the map interaction records being received from a plurality of map listener instances;each map listener instance being encapsulated in a respective web page instance executing in a browser on a respective client;each respective web page instance presenting the respective instance of the individual map object together with corresponding map data as an embedded interactive map covering at least the region of the Earth with which the individual map object is associated;the map interaction records recording user interactions with the embedded interactive maps;the map interaction records including, for at least some of the user interactions, cartographic relationships between those user interactions and the region of the Earth with which the individual map object is associated.