What would be a better way to visualise hazards on a map – November 16, 2022 at 03:29AM

I’m designing for map dashboard where users can monitor zones at factory sites. I’m introducing an icon to show when zones at these sites contain hazards (such as heat, and chemicals).

When users are performing a task in a zone, the user and task icons combine. This is still acceptable. I use the same logic of combining icons when a user is in the same zone as a hazard or when there’s a hazard nearby a task. but it gets complicated when users are performing a task in a zone.

Is there a better way to visually show this instead of trying to combine 3 icons? This is also the most crucial scenario as the user is in a zone performing a task where there’s a potential hazard.

I also need to consider sites where there are many zones nearby. As the map currently has no zoom function, there would be overcrowding if this scenario happens in multiple zones that are next to each other at the same time.