Bold new concepts in mapping don't come along often, but London-based graphic designers Jack Schulze and Matt Webb may have invented one, with the "Here and There" map, which blends both a 3-D, first-person view and a bird's-eye view, thanks to a bending layout:
Ingenious, right? The designers have written up an interesting backgrounder on the influences behind their idea of "horizonless projection"--from old hiking maps to Google Earth. But probably the most interesting is video games such as Halo and Grand Theft Auto. As they point out, the floating map in the corner breaks up play. How much better would it be to have a curving map ahead of you, like theirs? (They also name check a curious source of inspiration: Apparently in Luigi's Mansion, for Nintendo Game Cube, Luigi can pull out a Game Boy Advance and access a map on it during play.)
Though the designers are only offering two versions of the poster for sale, you have to wonder at the applications--The most obvious being GPS units. Consider this one of many new innovations in interactivity we'll be seeing, as the video-game generation comes of age.
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June 1, 2009 at 7:08am by chris awalik
I already had a portable Garmin Nuvi that is many times more functional and a fraction of ...... I knew about the lockout going into the vehicle, but didn't think it'd bother me this much. ...... Eject old map dvd and insert new hybrid dvd
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June 1, 2009 at 7:14am by chris awalik
I recently bought a Prius, specifically for its high-tech control panel. During daily commutes to work, I'm the sole driver, so the nav lock isn't an issue. On long trips, where my wife is driving and I'm the passenger, having the navigation, phone and other systems disabled will be a major obstacle (I can't have her pull over every time I want to do something).
The need to stop to access navigation is frankly very dangerous (as I have avoided moving at a light at times to finish my inputs) and makes the system quite useless. I take long road trips and need to use alternate routes, find gas etc (a passenger can certainly do it for me) but am unable so I purchased a stand alone Garmin to do what I already paid Toyota to do. I have both a hybrid Highlander and Camry ..never again.
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June 16, 2009 at 5:36pm by James Smith
Kind of reminds me of green design being used to solve engineering problems. Now if they could transform that to topographic maps for field ecologists and biologists, that would be nifty!
June 18, 2009 at 1:21am by shari brown
The perspective on this map is fascinating! Really gives you something to think about
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June 21, 2009 at 3:23am by Mike Crabe
What an amazing map, interesting, definitely.
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June 21, 2009 at 11:47am by Garry Wertu
The need to stop to access navigation is frankly very dangerous (as I have avoided moving at a light at times to finish my inputs) and makes the system quite useless. I take long road trips and need to use alternate routes, find gas etc (a passenger can certainly do it for me) but am unable so I purchased a stand alone Garmin to do what I already paid Toyota to do. (low profile jack and floor jacks)
June 23, 2009 at 11:56pm by tagshow lin
Cool, Thanks for the great tip!
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September 29, 2009 at 10:00pm by bob rowe
Cool, thanks for the info!
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October 6, 2009 at 5:16pm by Frederick Nelson Frederick Nelson
It's an interesting concept, but hard to tell how "cool" or useful it is in the long run. Garmin or some other company will either copy or acquire the product if it proves to be either. funeral homes cremation