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We've crafted up a site map so that we can demonstrate navigation through out the UI. This site maps helps us identify the user journey, and how the user might experience the app depending on which options they select. It also helps to identify the number of pages and how many states need designing. Navigation throughout the app is key. We want the user to feel like they know where they are and now how to get to where they want to go, from any point in the app.

As we're focussing on on both a bit of before and during the emergency, we want to present the user with a home screen or opening state. From here they can choose to where they would like to navigate to based on their current situation and needs. 

• The 'Journey' (green) is mostly targeted for before the user decides to go on their walk. This is the educational part of the app as it helps the user prepare to be safe and well prepared for an emergency. This section also encourages the user to select a route and check in when they begin. This becomes useful later on, say, if the user does find themselves in an emergency situation. They will have pre loaded data of the route they selected and can later (in the blue section) decide whether to communicate this information with someone else (ie. emergency services)
• The 'Help' (blue) section is for during the emergency. Once opening the help section the user is provided with two very clear options - alert someone or survival mode. We are still deciding on the hierarchy of these options and whether Alert needs to have some dominance over Survival Mode for those life/death situations.
• Alert someone allows the user to alert emergency services. The benefit of doing this via the app rather than a phone call is that it uses the data pre loaded (selected route, your medical ID etc) and allows you to enter a verbal or typed message.
• Survival mode presents the user with a range of tools or tips equipped to help them survive the next 24 hours while they wait to be rescued. As there many not be as much sense of urgency when using this section, we feel that it can hold quite a bit of information and be valuably detailed.
• 'Medical ID' (purple) is where the user is forced to add their medical info (only have to do this once). The green section will take them to this section also. The idea is that they can't check in until they have pre filled out their medical ID. This is to help with stressful/emergency situations where this information could determine a life/death situation and/or aid and assist in the recovery of the hiker. We are still brainstorming whether this Medical ID should link to the Apple Medical ID (pull from their API) or be hosted in the app itself. Thoughts still developing.