Mapping application for intuitive interaction

An apparatus comprising:

• a mapping application user interface comprising at least a first display area and a second display area;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• display on the first display area, a map of a multi-level venue comprising a plurality of levels and a plurality of geographic objects located on the plurality of levels;
• display on the second display, a plurality of categories for filtering of the plurality of geographic objects, wherein the plurality of categories are grouped according to a context information for displaying on the second display area, wherein displaying the second display area includes displaying a bar graph having a plurality of bars showing the plurality of categories, wherein each bar is associated with a different respective level of the multi-level venue, wherein a respective bar in the bar graph includes a plurality of differently sized sub-bars representative of different categories of the plurality of categories on the respective level with which the respective bar is associated, wherein a size of a sub-bar is based on a parameter associated with the category represented by the sub-bar;
• and
• change the display of the plurality of geographic objects on the first display area, in response to detection of a first input gesture on the second display area, wherein the second display area is proximate to a user's thumb for facilitating performing of the first input gesture using one-handed interaction with the apparatus.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:

• display a first display area to display a map of a multi-level venue, the map comprising a plurality of levels and a plurality of geographic objects located on the plurality of levels;
• display a second display area to display a plurality of categories for the plurality of geographic objects, wherein the plurality of categories are grouped according to a context information on the second display area, wherein displaying the second display area includes displaying a bar graph having a plurality of bars showing the plurality of categories, wherein each bar is associated with a different respective level of the multi-level venue, wherein a respective bar in the bar graph includes a plurality of differently sized sub-bars representative of different categories of the plurality of categories on the respective level with which the respective bar is associated, wherein a size of a sub-bar is based on a parameter associated with the category represented by the sub-bar;
• and
• change the display of the plurality of geographic objects on the first display area according to a first input gesture on the second display area, wherein the second display area is proximate to a user's thumb for facilitating performing of the first input gesture using one-handed interaction.