From Map to Data

Tudou Data — GIS Product Design System

Industry

GIS / Spatial Intelligence

Role

Lead UX Designer

Period

2020–2026

Collaboration

Product · Engineering · Government Client

GIS Product Design System

Maps are where spatial work begins

Tudou Data's GIS products were not designed around a map alone. They were designed around the work people needed to complete with it. I organized fragmented natural-resources, surveying, and business data into a spatial product system for judgment, analysis, collaboration, and delivery.

The case follows five connected actions: understanding spatial data, organizing specialist analysis, standardizing reusable tools, bringing spatial judgments into workflows, and closing the loop in risk-response scenarios.

01 / FORM A JUDGMENT

Turn complex spatial data into a judgment

For cross-region and multi-type natural-resources data, users first need to see the overall situation and regional differences. Classification, metrics, and object details then trace the question back to a concrete spatial result. Maps, statistics, and object information form one path from a broad judgment to a specific outcome.

Ecological red-line distribution view — Ecological red-line distribution: read regional differences in provincial context

Ecological red-line designation details — Designation details: move from classification to a spatial object

Natural-resources unified registration overview — Unified registration: combine map, statistics, and outcome status in one overview

02 / ORGANIZE AND ANALYZE

Turn the map into a professional workspace

Specialist users need one work surface for choosing data, changing views, defining an area, and reaching explainable results. Resource catalogs, spatial queries, real-scene context, and change analysis appear as the task calls for them, so map actions lead to an actual analytical judgment.

Online real-scene 3D interface — Online real-scene 3D: return spatial objects to their real context

Natural-resources catalog and thematic layers — Catalogs and thematic layers: make source and scope explicit

Range query and statistics result — Range query: turn a selected area into usable statistics

Land-use change analysis interface — Change analysis: turn spatial differences into explainable findings

03 / TOOL SYSTEM

Standardize specialist capability into tools

GIS complexity cannot be re-explained in every project. Standardized layers, legends, queries, measurement tools, timelines, and map controls create a consistent operating language that can be reused across 2D, 3D, and thematic work.

Decision-analysis components for layers, queries, and timelines — Decision-analysis components: organize catalogs, filters, statistics, and time controls into one toolset

3D library components for map controls and business menus — 3D library components: unify legends, map controls, menus, and layer management

3D spatial-data standardization interface — 3D spatial data: maintain reusable assets through standardized catalogs and thematic capability

04 / BUSINESS WORKFLOW

Bring spatial judgments into a workflow

Spatial analysis has to be submitted, reviewed, and recorded. Image comparison turns change detection into a defined task, while land-acquisition development brings extents, materials, conflict analysis, and departmental feedback into one workflow. The map supports formal handling, not just inspection.

Satellite-image comparison task configuration — Image comparison: define target imagery, reference imagery, method, and change type

Land-acquisition development plan submission — Plan submission: collect spatial extents, electronic materials, and structured information

Land-acquisition development plan review — Plan review: bring layer comparison, conflict analysis, and comments into a traceable workflow

05 / RISK RESPONSE

Carry risk discovery through response

In the geological-hazard scenario, the map holds risk objects, monitoring information, alert levels, and response actions together. Information layering first makes the situation readable; key areas, field media, approval decisions, and the AI assistant then return to their concrete spatial locations for follow-through.

Information-layer design for the geological-hazard control system — Information layering: establish a clear order from basemap to data, panels, and navigation

Geological-hazard control-system overview — Risk overview: organize devices, alerts, hazards, and statistics around the map

Geological-hazard alert and response interface — Alert and response: review, decide, and follow up at the spatial location

06 / DESIGN METHOD

Product principles

The system established a reusable approach to spatial products:

Use spatial objects as the shared entry point for information and tasks
Use one stable work surface for data selection, analysis results, and specialist tools
Reuse GIS capability through standardized components instead of rebuilding interaction rules
Close the work from judgment to response with states, records, and accountable actions

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