Timeline
3 Months
Platform
Responsive web
Team
Product designer (me)
Engineer
Design mentor
My Role
Information architecture Wireframe
Prototype
Visual design
Project overview
Share favourite places with others
Whooz Map is a web platform that shares places, like cool restaurants or fun date spots, through personalized maps.
I was responsible for the end-to-end process, from early planning to launch. That included information architecture, user flows, wireframes, and visual design. I worked closely with our engineer throughout the entire project.
Problem
Repeating sharing process
Sharing places through chat is one of the most common ways to do it. However, when multiple people ask for recommendations, you have to keep sending the same messages repeatedly, which becomes a hassle. It’s also easy to lose track of which places you’ve already shared.
Our Goal was to create a simple and organized way for people to share and manage place recommendations
Solutions
Create and share personal maps
Create a personal map
It allows users to share their recommended places by creating a personal map. To provide accurate and extensive place data, we used the Google Maps API. Users can easily search for places and add a comment to each one, explaining their recommendations and making the map more personal and trustworthy.
Share a map with a link
After creating a map, users can share it instantly through a link. There's no need to sign in or create an account to view it. anyone with the link can access the map. This makes sharing favourite spots with friends or groups simple and flexible.
Explore maps
To browse shared maps faster, I organized maps into nine main categories. Users can browse by category or sort maps by “newest” and “most popular” to find what’s relevant to them. Each map also displays its creation date and number of saves, helping users identify what’s trending. A save button allows users to keep maps they like and revisit them later.
Information Architecture
Simpler paths lead to quicker starts
Development
Edit everything in the same page
Before
After
Visual Identity
Exciting, inclusive, and friendly
What i learned
Designing with API data
Using the Google Maps API taught me how to design within the limits of third-party data. While the API gave us access to rich location info and saved development time, I had to be selective about what to show. For example, I initially included Google user reviews, but removed them to reduce loading time and keep the experience lightweight.
