Table 8 Examples of specific considerations provided by respondents related to map audience and map user needs

• Not much thought was given to potential audience and their needs

• Identify the map audience right from the start

• Identify end-user needs right from the start

• Several maps as part of a suite of related products may be needed

• Evaluate the best way to disseminate information, based on your intended audience

• Identify the most relevant risk management recommendations

• Linking hazard zones with evacuation zones and alert levels can cause potential problems. For example, areas outside the evacuated area at a given alert level might be wrongly considered safe. There is also a risk that the administration, residents, and climbers may rely too much on alert level information

• Unintended usage: superimposition of 1:100 k scale map onto scales it was not meant for

• The map had unintended consequences, being used to justify decisions by banks and insurance companies

• Our local community wanted an oblique perspective map

• Our map was developed after identifying a local community need for this point-of-interest map

• Some audiences respond better to semi-quantitative risk (rather than hazard) maps as these allow comparison with familiar risks