why are these so compelling? Is it the joy of immediacy after so many years of slow, clunky websites? Or perhaps it is the pleasure of the fluid movement, with information overlaying the maps.
The most frustrating thing in localized applications is when you can’t find the way to change the language it uses, to the one of your choice. Language and localisation (what (not) to do)
finally – an article about Taxonomy that I thought was interesting and useful to my work (clearly explains what, why, how etc.) Worth a read even if you’re eyes glaze over at the term.
On the subject of digital presentation of maps, there’s a lovely article in this week’s New Yorker on the way in which Neverlost and GPS are changing the entire way people perceive geography and the map-reading experience, at: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060424fa_fact
thanks for the link Rachel. I started scanning it but it’s too long for me. Will have to print it out and read on a commute :)
hey Rachel. I ended up getting around to reading that New Yorker piece. Excellent.
I think there’s a whole blog post brewing around that. Thanks again for the link :)
On the subject of digital presentation of maps, there’s a lovely article in this week’s New Yorker on the way in which Neverlost and GPS are changing the entire way people perceive geography and the map-reading experience, at: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060424fa_fact
thanks for the link Rachel. I started scanning it but it’s too long for me. Will have to print it out and read on a commute :)
hey Rachel. I ended up getting around to reading that New Yorker piece. Excellent.
I think there’s a whole blog post brewing around that. Thanks again for the link :)