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Geolocation Symbol

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About

A symbol for the Position object returned by the browser Geolocation API. Made for the Dallas Rain Report project.

Goals

  1. a visual metephor for tracking or location surveillance
  2. a visual metephor for geolocality, a point on a grid, or GPS
  3. something capable of communicating a loading state while waiting for the position function to resolve

Implementation

  1. I tried to reference a motion tracking marker to convey computer tracking
  2. I used a crosshair to convey a point, precision, and the x and y axes
  3. I added a spinning / flashing animation to show the user that work is being done:

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