Woven Planet's flagship solution, Automated Mapping Platform (AMP), is a connected crowdsourced system designed to enable safer, automated mobility. Instead of relying solely on specialised survey vehicles, AMP aggregates anonymised data from everyday vehicles (via cameras, LiDAR scanners etc.). This allows for real-time updates to HD maps, including changes in lane markings, traffic signs, signals, and more.
Inspired by some of our work in future-facing interface design, we were commissioned to design the core visual feel of the platform’s brand, interface, and user experience. Later, this extended to building a technical solution that solved the complexity of streaming large, complex, mapping datasets on a standard web browser.
The principal work for AMP started with designing the brand and visual language guidelines. This was a collaborative process that involved several workshops with key stakeholders to understand and best represent the product, proposition, and ambition. Over the course of seven weekly sprints, a visual language evolved which enabled us to concept, create and visualise different ways of accessing AMP data to inform and inspire the UI and future development of the platform.
The platform emphasises user-friendly interfaces, data organisation, and map creation capabilities. We created detailed wireframes, user flows, and interface designs to that balanced technical functionality with a clear, approachable interface.
To overcome the problem of streaming vast amounts of data packets to a web browser, we developed a custom rendering engine and developed methods to integrate LiDAR data via Mapbox, augmenting the data formats to improve the accuracy of point clouds. The result meant users can enjoy a smooth experience as they navigate the detailed mapping data via the AMP platform.
