Logging graphical user interface events

A computer-implemented method for logging client-side events of a graphical user interface for a client-server application, the method comprising:

• displaying, by one or more computing devices, on a client device a graphical user interface for a client-server application, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a mapping application having a plurality of user interface elements within the mapping application comprising at least one of a navigation menu, a search box, an area for providing search results, or an area for text, images, and wherein each of the plurality of user interface elements has an identifier communicated to the client device by a server;
• detecting, by the one or more computing devices, a first user interface event comprising an explicit user interaction with a first user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements, the first user interface event comprising a client-side user interface event performed without communication with the server;
• generating, by the one or more computing devices, a first log entry in a log stored on the client device, wherein the first log entry comprises the first user interface event and the respective identifier associated with the first user interface element;
• updating, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of the plurality of user interface elements in the displayed graphical user interface in response to the first user interface event, wherein the updating of the one or more of the plurality of user interface elements in the displayed graphical user interface corresponds to a second user interface event, the second user interface event corresponding to an implicit action performed in response to the first user interface event, the second user interface event comprising a client-side user interface event performed without communication with the server;
• generating, by the one or more computing devices, a second log entry in the log stored on the client device, wherein the second log entry comprises the second user interface event and the respective identifier for each of the one or more of the plurality of user interface elements updated in the second user interface event;
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• sending, by the one or more computing devices, the log stored on the client device to the server.