[EAS] WEA graphics

[Sean Donelan]

> So those folks all looking at their phones in the big box store 
>wondering if they are in harm's way, will see a map that shows them in 
>the clear.
>
> How to make this happen?  I strongly suggest input from broadcasters 
>and mobile phone providers.

Although Apple (iPhone) and Alphabet (Google/Android) hire some of the 
best UX designers in the world, their management seems to consider WEA a 
"compliance" thing and determined to make it as cheap, ugly and unfriendly 
as possible.  Probably the same management decision why EAS on some cable 
systems looks like it was generated by a 1980s Amiga computer.

I (and other people) have suggested WEA 3.0 mobile devices with 
geo-location capabilities could show a cached map or graphic showing the 
location of the mobile device in relation to the geo-target warning area. 
Its not a standards or regulation thing, its an OEM/ODM choice.  Mobile 
devices don't have the storage for a complete map of the world. They 
usually have a recently used cache of map tiles of the vicinity.

Although sometimes progress is made.  After years of Amazon Alexa product 
managers saying no one has ever asked for alerts and warnings on their 
Alexa smart speakers, in 2020 Amazon Alexa added a severe weather alert 
feature to their smart speakers.  Severe weather alerts are turned off by 
default, and consumers need to manually enable it.