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Entries with keyword "maps" 8 result(s) displayed (26 - 33 of 33)
Dynamap Manhattan
(04 February 2004) - Dynamap Manhattan is a product from NYC based Urban Mapping. It's a three layered map that includes neighborhoods, streets and subways. Depending on the angle you view it from you can see one or more of these layers. Having one map that eases your transition above and below ground is a valuable asset to anyone visiting NYC (not to mention the loads of directionally...
ZipDecode
(24 January 2004) - Ben Fry is a doctoral candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on methods of visualizing large amounts of data from dynamic information sources. ZipDecode is a very simple visualization of how US zip codes are mapped. Every zip code is represented by a dot; as you press the number keys that correspond to a zip code, the dots from that area...
NYC Bloggers
(01 July 2003) - nycbloggers.com is great directory of bloggers in New York. What makes it cool is that the whole thing is organized by Subway stop. The page heades have some great NYC imagery as well....
PhoneScout
(27 June 2003) - PhoneScout is a Japanese Mobile Photo Log, however it also records the location from which the image was sent. The site includes a map that updates for each image. You can search for pictures by location or just browse. You can also access it from a cell phone, thus getting visual cues when trying to navigate the labyrinth of Tokyo streets....
Twister
(20 June 2003) - Finally... something kinda out there and interesting. I don't know if it will ever work, but Sony's Interaction Lab has come up with a pretty cool concept for eliminating buttons and avoiding the easy blunders of an exposed touch screen. In the Gummi, the team has combined a standard, rigid LCD with sensors and a touch pad all mounted in a flexible acrylic plastic...
A Photo of Every Address in Paris
(04 April 2003) - Isabel Mendes, a young Brazilian photographer, is photographing every single address in Paris. She is doing this project for a French mapping company that is creating a digital index of the city. You can enter an address or navigate a map of the city on France TÈlÈcom's Yellow Pages site pagesjaunes.fr, demandez c'est trouvÈ ! her story was recently covered in the New York Times....
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