FileMap Use Cases

Seeing and organizing your personal folders

FileMap leverages a virtual 2D space to represent all your personal project files, making it easier for you to visualize and organize them. By selecting the local folders you wish to view on FileMap, you gain control over their display and management, thereby boosting your productivity, personal development, and creativity.

Seeing and organizing folders with your team

The effectiveness of a team often depends on their alignment, especially in regard to file system-related work. FileMap provides a unique solution to common problems like miscommunication and confusion when working with shared folders, either on local file servers or platforms such as Google Drive.

FileMap offers a real-time visual user interface that mimics the experience of working around a physical table or whiteboard. This allows teams to establish their visual organization culture, making digital collaboration both efficient and enjoyable. It offers features like collaborative cursors and text/audio/video-based communication (upcoming features) that augment both co-located and remote workflows.

Make your workflow easy to understand

FileMap's versatile user interface allows you to organize files and folders in a way that visually captures the flow of your process. By resizing and positioning files and folders, you can easily express ideas such as importance, relationships, and sequences. The layout can be adapted as the project evolves, enhancing your understanding of the work and aiding in workflow presentation to others.

Making workflows presentable

Traditional file managers aren't built with presentations in mind, often resulting in confusing and hard-to-navigate folder structures. However, FileMap's visual user interface enables you to create a layout that's naturally presentable at all times, making the entire workflow clear and easy to understand. This feature is perfect for mid-term reviews, workshops, and internal meetings, enabling immediate access to any point of the workflow to answer any random questions. With FileMap, you are no longer constrained by linear PowerPoint presentations.

Sparking creativity and generating new ideas

FileMap's visual interface showcases as many aspects of your projects as possible, thereby fostering your creative process. By enabling you to discern new connections, ideas, and concepts, it acts as a catalyst for creativity.

Reducing the learning curve for new team members

For new team members, understanding the project's intricacies can be a challenge. FileMap addresses this by providing a comprehensive overview of the entire project, thereby accelerating the learning process for newcomers.

Rapid response in time-critical situations

When working under tight deadlines or responding to emergencies, the ability to quickly locate files becomes vital. In such instances, FileMap offers instant access to files, facilitating swift decision-making and presentations. By providing efficient file organization and visual representation, FileMap allows for prompt and effective responses in critical situations.

Backing up and syncing files across platforms

FileMap supports Google Drive integration, allowing you to back up folders to your Google Drive account. Future updates will include new integrations with other platforms like OneDrive and Dropbox.

Ensuring file sync across all collaborators

FileMap enables real-time synchronization of files across all collaborators' personal computers. By utilizing existing Google Drive accounts, FileMap bridges file transfers, ensuring that all users have the most current versions of files on their hard drives.

Saving hard drive space

FileMap allows you to save storage space by enabling selective folder synchronization. This is perfect for quick reviews and presentations. When you need to download and edit the files, simply toggle sync on for those folders.

Managing roles and permissions

With FileMap, you can manage viewing and editing roles for files and folders similar to Google Drive. All changes are synced to the source Google Drive folders, ensuring that changes made in Google Drive are reflected in FileMap.

Seamless transition from Google Drive to FileMap

If your team is already using Google Drive, you can link these folders directly to FileMap and continue working without disruption. FileMap allows you to view and edit existing Google Drive folders, with roles and permissions synced for linked folders.

Flexibility to switch between FileMap and file manager

FileMap operates as an overlay to your existing file system, meaning you can switch between the file manager and FileMap as per your convenience. Changes made in the file manager will reflect in FileMap once it's reopened. You can also keep both open and any change made in one platform will reflect to the other in real-time.

Flexibility to switch between FileMap and Google Drive's website

FileMap also syncs with Google Drive, meaning changes made directly from Google Drive's user interface will be reflected in FileMap. This gives you the freedom to choose the interface that suits your needs at any given moment.

Coordinating design sessions, workshops, and project management

FileMap has been specifically designed to streamline workflows for teams, making it an ideal tool for coordinating design sessions, workshops, and managing projects and R&D processes effectively.