Effective communication is critical to search and rescue, disaster response, and military operations. This paper discusses the design of a mobile, map-based tasking interface that leverages visual-communicative methods that will lead to facilitating effective communication to deployed personnel. A Communications Mode was developed to allow for the reliable and rapid transfer of information. The Communications Mode was tested via a user evaluation and found to be superior to auditory communication and as good as visual communication using paper maps for the communication of task-specific information.
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