Which information is relevant to each mode?
Prioritize practical places and services differently from visitor attractions.
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One city. Different needs.
A location-aware product exploration distinguishing the priorities of residents, visitors, business travelers and students.
What needed to be understood?
The places and information a visitor needs can be completely different from what matters to a local resident.
How the work was framed.
- Organize discovery flows by user context rather than presenting one undifferentiated attractions list.
- Explore location, navigation, weather and practical information as connected tasks.
- Design clear information hierarchy and deliberate transitions between user modes.
What the exploration makes tangible.
Context-based information architecture · Discovery journeys · Interface prototypes
The hypothesis being tested.
Would resident, visitor, business and student contexts make location discovery more relevant?
How is location information trusted?
Address stale listings, duplicate venues, time zones, official source coverage and live-data gaps.
How does intent translate into movement?
Consider directions, walking, transit and driving as tasks rather than isolated map widgets.
What would establish readiness?
- Scenario tests for the four audience modes
- Data freshness and source-attribution checks
- Accessibility and mobile performance against real task completion
This illustrates a product design approach, not a claim of guaranteed travel data accuracy or commissioned destination work.
What this does not claim.
Third-party live information and travel times require independent verification. Illustrative photography is not a record of a customer engagement.