Route-Based Weather Display for Electronic Maps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing map software requires users to actively search for weather conditions at specific cities, making the process cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A route-based weather condition display method that determines a route between a start and end position, displays a target weather icon indicating the current weather at a waypoint on the route, and plays a series of weather icons along the route in response to a sliding operation, showing weather conditions at waypoints as the user travels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users actively search for weather conditions in map software, then weather information can be obtained, but the operation becomes cumbersome and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically determining the route based on start and end positions before the user needs weather information. The route determination is completed in advance, and weather conditions along the predetermined route are ready to be displayed without requiring users to actively search for each location's weather separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The map software provides self-service by automatically providing weather information along the determined route without requiring users to manually search for each location. The system serves itself by integrating route determination and weather display functions, allowing the weather information to be obtained passively through route-based automatic display.
2Loss of information
If weather conditions are displayed for each city separately, then detailed weather information is provided, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple weather information queries into a single integrated display. Instead of requiring separate weather searches for each city along the route, the system combines and displays weather conditions for all locations along the determined route in one unified interface, reducing the time and complexity of information gathering.
Solution Approach 2:
The route determination function is enhanced with multi-functionality by automatically incorporating weather information display. The same route determination process that establishes the path from start to end position also triggers the retrieval and display of weather conditions for all intermediate points, making the system more universal and efficient.
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AI summary
A route-based weather condition display method is performed by a computer device. The method includes: determining, based on a start position and an end position, a route from the start position to the end position in response to a route search operation triggered for an electronic map, displaying a target weather icon and the route in the electronic map, the target weather icon indicating a weather condition at a waypoint on the route at a current time, and a first slider being displayed on the route, and playing a plurality of weather icons in the electronic map in response to a sliding operation for the first slider, the plurality of weather icons indicating weather conditions at waypoints on the route corresponding to positions of the first slider at times when the waypoints are passed through.