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JourneyMap is a mod created by techbrew based around real-time in-game mapping. This map can be viewed in-game as a minimap, a fullscreen map, in a web browser, iPad , or Android tablet. There are two versions of JourneyMap: FairPlay and Unlimited. The FairPlay edition of the mod is for servers that are strict about radars and maps, while the Unlimited edition has all features. The key difference between the two are cave/interior mapping and entity mapping, which are disabled in FairPlay multiplayer.

JourneyMap works in singleplayer and multiplayer without the need of a serverside mod. The JourneyMap map can be viewed in-game using a full-screen map, or a regular minimap. JourneyMap includes daylight map, moonlight map, cave map, Nether map, and End map modes. It has full waypoint management as of 4.0, including import support for REI Minimap and Zan's Minimap waypoints. The player can see nearby entities (including other players) in real time. As of version 3.0, the player can auto-map entire singleplayer worlds with a single button. JourneyMap maps can be saved as a PNG image.

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• The JourneyMap website
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Real-time mapping in game or in a web browser as you explore.

JourneyMap  is a client+server mod for  Forge , Fabric , and Quilt  which maps your Minecraft world in real-time as you explore. You can view the map in a web browser or in-game as a Minimap or full-screen. 

Help and Documentation 

• Guides and tutorials:   http://journeymap.info
• Support available on  JourneyMap Discord server

Server Admin?

Check out http://journeymap.info/Server for information and configuration details.

Need to generate large map images?

Check out the JourneyMap Tools project.

External resources

Featured versions, project members.

Technical information

Real-time mapping in game or in a web browser as you explore.

JourneyMap  is a client+server mod for  Forge  or  Fabric and Quilt  which maps your Minecraft world in real-time as you explore. You can view the map in a web browser or in-game as a Minimap or full-screen. 

Help and Documentation 

• Guides and tutorials:   http://journeymap.info
• Support available on  JourneyMap Discord server

Server Admin?

Check out http://journeymap.info/Server for information and configuration details.

Need to generate large map images?

Check out the JourneyMap Tools project.

Privacy Policy

JourneyMap uses ModInfo to send a single anonymous packet to Google Analytics when the mod is loaded for the very first time.  This provides the authors with very basic stats about what versions of JourneyMap and Minecraft to support, along with your display size and preferred language. No personally-identifying data is used or tracked.   See ModInfo for information on how to opt-out.

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JourneyMap Mod Wiki  aims to map the world in Minecraft  in real-time when you make your way through it.

JourneyMap Mod Wiki

The map can be viewed in a web browser or in the game as a Minimap. Besides, you can view it on the full screen. To do so, you have to install a Map and Information  mod called JourneyMap. It is a client and server mod for Forge.

By using the mod, you can explore the world in the game as it is mapped in real-time. You may have known that the in-game world is quite large. Hence, it is easy for you to not know which way to go.

You are recommended to try the above mod as it allows you to view the world in the game as a minimap or even in a web browser.

The mod gives support to single and multiplayer servers. Here are two modes for multiplayer:

• FairPlay Edition: It deactivates Radar and Cave mapping when you are in Multiplayer mode.
• Unlimited Edition: It enables features for Single and Multiplayer modes.

If you are on the latest version, you can explore some features such as:

• Waypoint sharing
• Topographic maps
• Minimum Distance

These features are for waypoint beacons.

Other features:

• If you are in the minimized mode, the mod is like a radar that displays terrain and the player’s location.
• When you are in the maximized mode, the mod is shown at full screen with various function buttons.
• The setting menu is made in a detailed way and it is highly customizable.
• Web Map is also a great feature of the mod. It allows players to view the world map through the use of web browsers.

JourneyMap  Mod  lets you explore the in-game world through a functional map.

Requirement:

• Minecraft Forge

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How to install:

Make sure you have already installed Minecraft Forge . Locate the Minecraft application folder.

• Open Run from the start menu.
• Type %appdata% , click Run.

Input where JourneyMap Mod you have just downloaded (.jar file) into the Mods folder. When you open Minecraft, you see the JourneyMap Mod is installed when click the button mods

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Check out this guide about the mod Journey Map in Minecraft 2021! Know its details, how to install and use, updates, its Minecraft version 1.12.2 / 1.17 compatibility, and more!!!

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JourneyMap is a mini-map mod made for Minecraft that allows users to use a real-time map. It does makes the adventures easier with as it can give you more information about your surroundings.

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You can also use this mod for tracking targets and other spawns in the field. Incredibly useful when you are collecting for materials needed in-game as some are shown on the mini-map!

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Update History & Changelogs

August 10, 2021.

• Fixed: Possible memory leak with waypoint icons.
• Fixed: Minimap Rotation.
• Fixed: Minimap rotation labels.
• Fixed: Player names on minimap in MP.
• Fixed: Many OpenGL errors.

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Mod download links, steps to install, does not requires other mods.

You do not need to install for you to be able to run this mod. Download the required Forge version and just place it together with the JourneyMap Mod mod inside your mod folder and you're good to go!

Mod info, details, and some images are from Curse Forge !!!

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Customer Journey Maps: How to Create Really Good Ones [Examples + Template]

Updated: April 17, 2024

Published: May 04, 2023

Did you know 70% of online shoppers abandoned their carts in 2022? Why would someone spend time adding products to their cart just to fall off the customer journey map at the last second?

The thing is — understanding your customer base can be very challenging. Even when you think you’ve got a good read on them, the journey from awareness to purchase for each customer will always be unpredictable, at least to some level.

While it isn’t possible to predict every experience with 100% accuracy, customer journey mapping is a convenient tool for keeping track of critical milestones that every customer hits. In this post, I’ll explain everything you need to know about customer journey mapping — what it is, how to create one, and best practices.

Table of Contents

What is the customer journey?

What is a customer journey map, benefits of customer journey mapping, customer journey stages.

• What’s included in a customer journey map?

The Customer Journey Mapping Process

Steps for creating a customer journey map.

• Types of Customer Journey Maps

Customer Journey Mapping Best Practices

• Customer Journey Design
• Customer Journey Map Examples

Free Customer Journey Map Templates

Free Customer Journey Template

Outline your company's customer journey and experience with these 7 free templates.

• Buyer's Journey Template
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The customer journey is the series of interactions a customer has with a brand, product, or business as they become aware of a pain point and make a purchase decision. While the buyer’s journey refers to the general process of arriving at a purchase, the customer journey refers to a buyer's purchasing experience with a specific company or service.

Customer Journey vs. Buyer Journey

Many businesses that I’ve worked with were confused about the differences between the customer’s journey and the buyer’s journey. The buyer’s journey is the entire buying experience from pre-purchase to post-purchase. It covers the path from customer awareness to becoming a product or service user.

In other words, buyers don’t wake up and decide to buy on a whim. They go through a process of considering, evaluating, and purchasing a new product or service.

The customer journey refers to your brand’s place within the buyer’s journey. These are the customer touchpoints where you will meet your customers as they go through the stages of the buyer’s journey. When you create a customer journey map, you’re taking control of every touchpoint at every stage of the journey instead of leaving it up to chance.

For example, at HubSpot, our customer’s journey is divided into three stages — pre-purchase/sales, onboarding/migration, and normal use/renewal.

1. Use customer journey map templates.

Why make a customer journey map from scratch when you can use a template? Save yourself some time by downloading HubSpot’s free customer journey map templates .

This has templates that map out a buyer’s journey, a day in your customer’s life, lead nurturing, and more.

These templates can help sales, marketing, and customer support teams learn more about your company’s buyer persona. This will improve your product and customer experience.

2. Set clear objectives for the map.

Before you dive into your customer journey map, you need to ask yourself why you’re creating one in the first place.

What goals are you directing this map towards? Who is it for? What experience is it based upon?

If you don’t have one, I recommend creating a buyer persona . This persona is a fictitious customer with all the demographics and psychographics of your average customer. This persona reminds you to direct every aspect of your customer journey map toward the right audience.

3. Profile your personas and define their goals.

Next, you should conduct research. This is where it helps to have customer journey analytics ready.

Don’t have them? No worries. You can check out HubSpot’s Customer Journey Analytics tool to get started.

Questionnaires and user testing are great ways to obtain valuable customer feedback. The important thing is to only contact actual customers or prospects.

You want feedback from people interested in purchasing your products and services who have either interacted with your company or plan to do so.

Some examples of good questions to ask are:

• How did you hear about our company?
• What first attracted you to our website?
• What are the goals you want to achieve with our company? In other words, what problems are you trying to solve?
• How long have you/do you typically spend on our website?
• Have you ever made a purchase with us? If so, what was your deciding factor?
• Have you ever interacted with our website to make a purchase but decided not to? If so, what led you to this decision?
• On a scale of 1 to 10, how easily can you navigate our website?
• Did you ever require customer support? If so, how helpful was it, on a scale of 1 to 10?
• Can we further support you to make your process easier?

You can use this buyer persona tool to fill in the details you procure from customer feedback.

4. Highlight your target customer personas.

Once you’ve learned about the customer personas that interact with your business, I recommend narrowing your focus to one or two.

Remember, a customer journey map tracks the experience of a customer taking a particular path with your company. If you group too many personas into one journey, your map won’t accurately reflect that experience.

When creating your first map, it’s best to pick your most common customer persona and consider the route they would typically take when engaging with your business for the first time.

You can use a marketing dashboard to compare each and determine the best fit for your journey map. Don’t worry about the ones you leave out, as you can always go back and create a new map specific to those customer types.

5. List out all touchpoints.

Begin by listing the touchpoints on your website.

What is a touchpoint in a customer journey map?

A touchpoint in a customer journey map is an instance where your customer can form an opinion of your business. You can find touchpoints in places where your business comes in direct contact with a potential or existing customer.

For example, if I were to view a display ad, interact with an employee, reach a 404 error, or leave a Google review, all of those interactions would be considered a customer touchpoint.

Your brand exists beyond your website and marketing materials, so you must consider the different types of touchpoints in your customer journey map. These touchpoints can help uncover opportunities for improvement in the buying journey.

Based on your research, you should have a list of all the touchpoints your customers are currently using and the ones you believe they should be using if there’s no overlap.

This is essential in creating a customer journey map because it provides insight into your customers’ actions.

For instance, if they use fewer touchpoints than expected, does this mean they’re quickly getting turned away and leaving your site early? If they are using more than expected, does this mean your website is complicated and requires several steps to reach an end goal?

Whatever the case, understanding touchpoints help you understand the ease or difficulties of the customer journey.

Aside from your website, you must also look at how your customers might find you online. These channels might include:

• Social channels.
• Email marketing.
• Third-party review sites or mentions.

Run a quick Google search of your brand to see all the pages that mention you. Verify these by checking your Google Analytics to see where your traffic is coming from. Whittle your list down to those touchpoints that are the most common and will be most likely to see an action associated with it.

At HubSpot, we hosted workshops where employees from all over the company highlighted instances where our product, service, or brand impacted a customer. Those moments were recorded and logged as touchpoints. This showed us multiple areas of our customer journey where our communication was inconsistent.

The proof is in the pudding — you can see us literally mapping these touch points out with sticky notes in the image below.

2. Survey customers to understand their buying journey.

What you think you know about the customer experience and what they actually experience can be very different. Speak to your customers directly to get an accurate snapshot of their journey.

3. Ask customer service reps about the questions they receive most frequently.

Sometimes, customers need to be made aware of their specific pain points, and that’s where your customer service reps come in.

They can help fill in the gaps and translate customer pain points into business terms you and your team can understand and act on.

4. Consider customer journey mapping for each buyer persona.

It’s easy to assume each customer operates the same way, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Demographics, psychographics, and even how long someone has been a customer can determine how a person interacts with your business and makes purchasing decisions.

Group overarching themes into buyer personas and create a customer journey map for each.

5. Review and update each journey map after every major product release.

The customer’s buying process changes every time your product or service changes. Even slight tweaks, like adding an extra field to a form, can become a significant roadblock.

So, reviewing the customer journey map before and after implementing changes is essential.

6. Make the customer journey map accessible to cross-functional teams.

Customer journey maps aren’t very valuable in a silo. However, creating a journey map is convenient for cross-functional teams to provide feedback.

Afterward, make a copy of the map accessible to each team so they always keep the customer in mind.

Customer Journey Map Design

Now that you know what goes into making a customer journey map, let’s take a little time to dive into design. How you lay out your journey map — from spacing to the colors you use — makes all of the difference. Check out some best practices below.

Create a clear layout and hierarchy.

Your customer journey map should be organized logically with a sequence that makes sense and a clear visual hierarchy.

Headings should make the sections pop. This allows you to differentiate between the stages of your customer’s journey. Bullets make the text easier to read and keep the information on your map clear.

Your goal is to design a journey map that’s easy to navigate and comprehend. A clean layout is essential to accomplishing this goal.

Make the most of icons and symbols.

We want our teammates to read documents, making the most of every word. However, the reality is that everyone skims. A text-heavy document often means that information gets lost.

Icons, symbols, and artistic elements make the reading experience more digestible. You can communicate different touch points, actions, and outcomes that are a part of your customer journey. Beyond that, symbols can communicate emotion without any words.

Leverage color coding.

Color is a powerful design element that can help you group like ideas. You can assign different hues to the stages of your customer journey or to certain touchpoints. This helps you organize information visually and draw attention to the most important parts of your map.

Avoid clutter to create balance.

To reiterate, everyone skims. And just like you want to avoid too much text, you want to avoid a page filled with color, icons, words, and other elements. Adequate whitespace will help keep your document organized.

Maintain consistency.

Your customer journey map should be consistent throughout. Pick a font family, color palette, and font sizes. Then, make sure you follow these guidelines throughout your journey map. Bonus points if your elements align with your company branding.

Customer Journey Mapping Examples

To help guide your business in its direction, here are examples to draw inspiration from for building your customer journey map.

1. HubSpot’s Customer Journey Map Templates

HubSpot’s free Customer Journey Map Templates provide an outline for companies to understand their customers’ experiences.

The offer includes the following:

• Buyer’s Journey Template.
• Current State Template.
• Lead Nurturing Mapping Template.
• Future State Template.
• A Day in the Customer’s Life Template.
• Customer Churn Mapping Template.
• Customer Support Blueprint Template.

Each of these templates helps organizations gain new insights into their customer base and help make improvements to product, marketing, and customer support processes.

Download them today to start working on your customer journey map.

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A Beginner’s Guide To User Journey Mapping

To design a great product, you need to understand what the user does with it. A user journey map will help you to answer that question for the product’s entire lifecycle.

“How do people actually use this product?” is a fundamental question that every product creator must answer. In order to do so, product designers need to understand the essence of the whole product experience from the user’s perspective. Fortunately, user journey mapping is an excellent exercise that can shed light on the ways in which the users interact with the product.

What Is a User Journey Map?

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What Design Problems Does a User Journey Map Solve?

A user journey map is an excellent tool for UX designers because i t visualizes how a user interacts with a product and allows designers to see a product from a user’s point of view. This fosters a more user-centric approach to product design, which ultimately leads to a better user experience.

User journey maps help a product team to find the answer to the “What if?” questions. Also, a user journey map can be helpful when a company tracks quantitative key performance indicators . In this case, a user journey map can become a cornerstone for strategic recommendations.

The 8-Step Process of User Journey Mapping

Before creating a user journey map, review the goals of your business or service. This knowledge will help you align the business and user goals.

• Choose a scope.
• Create a user persona.
• Define the scenario and user expectations.
• Create a list of touchpoints.
• Take user intention into account.
• Sketch the journey.
• Consider a user’s emotional state during each step of the interaction.
• Validate and refine the user journey.

1. Choose a Scope

The scope of the user journey map can vary from a high-level map that shows end-to-end experience (e.g., creating a smart home in your house) to a more detailed map that focuses on one particular interaction (for instance, adding a new device to your smart home ecosystem).

2. Create a User Persona

Who is your user?

A user journey map is always focused on the experience of one main actor — a user persona who experiences the journey.

A user persona should always be based on information that you have about your target audience. That’s why you should always start with user research . Having solid information about your users will prevent you from making false assumptions.

Gather and analyze all available information about your target audience:

• Interview your real or potential users.
• Conduct contextual inquiry. This is an  ethnographic field study that involves in-depth observation of people interacting with your product.
• Conduct and analyze the results of user surveys.

3. Define the Scenario and User Expectations

The scenario describes the situation that the journey map addresses. It can be real or anticipated. It’s also important to define what expectations a user persona has about the interaction. For example, a scenario could be ordering a taxi using a mobile app with the expectation of getting the car in five minutes or less.

4. Create a List of Touchpoints

Touchpoints are user actions and interactions with the product or business. You need to identify all the main touchpoints and all channels associated with each touchpoint. For example, for the touchpoint “Buy a gift,” the associated channels could be purchasing online or buying in the store.

5. Take User Intention Into Account

What motivates your user to interact with your product? Similarly, w hat problem are users looking to solve when they decide to use your product? Different user segments will have different reasons for adopting it.

Let’s take an e-commerce website. There is a big difference between a user who is just looking around and one who wants to accomplish a specific task like purchasing a particular product.

For each user journey, you need to understand:

• Motivation. Why are the users trying to do this action?
• Channels. Where the interaction takes place.
• Actions . The actual behaviors and steps the users take.
• Pain points . What are the challenges users are facing?

Also, ensure that the user is getting a consistent experience across all channels.

6. Sketch the Journey

Put together all the information you have and sketch a journey in the format of a step-by-step interaction. Each step demonstrates an experience that the persona has with a service/product or another person.

You can use  a tool called a storyboard,  which is a graphic representation of how a user does something, step by step. It  can help you show how users can interact with a product. Using storyboards, you can visually depict what happens during each step.

7. Consider a User’s Emotional State During Each Step of the Interaction

What does a user feel when interacting with your product?

The products we design need to mirror the states of mind of our users. When we consider a user’s emotional state, this knowledge will help us to connect with them on a human level. That’s why it’s important to add an emotional lane to the user journey map. By visualizing the emotional ups and downs of the experience, you’ll find the areas that require refinement.

You can create an empathy map to better understand how the user feels. Try to mitigate the emotional downs and reinforce emotional ups with good design. 

8. Validate and Refine the User Journey

Journey maps should result in truthful narratives, not fairy tales. Even when a user journey is based on research, you must validate it. Use the information from usability testing sessions and app analytics to be sure that your journey resembles a real use case.

Gather and analyze information about your users on a regular basis. For example, user feedback can be used to improve your understanding of the user journey.

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Remember that the goal of making a user journey map is to create a shared vision within your product team and stakeholders. That’s why, once you create a user journey map, you should share it with your peers. Make it possible for everyone in your team to look at the entire experience from the user’s standpoint and draw on this information while crafting a product.

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The Audubon also recommends the following for feeding hummingbirds:

• Empty and clean the filter once a week in cold weather, twice a week in hot weather
• Put the feeder out about a week before the birds usually arrive in your area
• Avoid using pesticides or dish detergent

If you're not having any luck seeing hummingbirds at your feeder, the audubon society suggests hanging it nearby red or orange tubular flower plants, which they are naturally attracted to.

Contributing: Jenna Prestininzi, Camille Fine, USA TODAY Network

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed 72 historic flights since first taking to the skies above the Red Planet.

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Destination

Strapped to the Mars Perseverance rover's belly for the journey to Mars was a technology demonstration — the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, which completed 72 historic flights and became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet.

Meet Ingenuity

The legacy of ingenuity.

On April 19, 2021, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it completed the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. It flew for the last time on January 18, 2024.   Designed to be a technology demonstration that would make no more than five test flights in 30 days, the helicopter eventually completed 72 flights in just under 3 years, soaring higher and faster than previously imagined. Ingenuity embarked on a new mission as an operations demonstration, serving as an aerial scout for scientists and rover planners, and for engineers ready to learn more about Perseverance’s landing gear debris. In its final phase, the helicopter entered a new engineering demonstration phase where it executed experimental flight tests that further expanded the team’s knowledge of the vehicle’s aerodynamic limits.

Ingenuity Timeline

April 3, 2021.

Four Feet on Mars

April 4, 2021

Surviving the First Night

April 8, 2021

First Rotor Spin Tests

April 19, 2021

First Flight

April 25, 2021

First Photo of Rover

May 7, 2021

Tech Demo Complete

July 5, 2021

Venturing to New Territory

July 24, 2021

First Scouting Flight

August 4, 2021

Another Rover Sighting

April 8, 2022

Setting the Distance Record

April 19, 2022

Sighting Rover's Landing Hardware

April 13, 2023

50 Flights and Beyond

October 5, 2023

Setting the Altitude Record

October 12, 2023

Setting the Groundspeed Record

January 25, 2024

NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends

5 Things to Know

1. The first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet, a feat that's been called a "Wright Brothers moment." 2. Completed 128.8 flying minutes, covering 10.5 miles (17.0 kilometers), and reaching altitudes as high as 78.7 feet (24.0 meters). 3. Successfully flying in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere. 4. Previewing areas of Mars of possible interest for the Perseverance rover to explore. 5. Paved the way for future aerial explorers at Mars and, potentially, other space destinations.

Helicopter Updates

Take a flight down memory lane to view archived mission updates provided by the Mars Helicopter team.

Ingenuity Resources

From its first days on the Martian surface through its 72 historic flights, view images and videos of the helicopter's journey on Mars.

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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now

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Rock Sampled by NASA’s Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars

Unlocking the Martian Skies – Using Ingenuity as a Martian Testbed for Future Rotorcraft

Perseverance Pays off When Studying the Martian Atmosphere

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