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Political Borders Time Lapse Maps

Andy — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Admittedly this a slightly niche post for the weekend, but the shifting geographic boundaries in the movie below illustrates how rapidly national borders expand and contract as the result of political moves, social uprising or war:

Germany of course stands out, the movie below provides a closer look at the political borders of Germania from 1789 to 2005

Back to all things digital and urban in the next post….

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Political Borders Time Lapse Maps

Andy — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:38:00 +0000

Germany of course stands out, the movie below provides a closer look at the political borders of Germania from 1789 to 2005

Back to all things digital and urban in the next post….

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Making of the Map: John Potters Timelapse

Andy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:07:00 +0000

John Potter of Escape Key Graphics has just completed a map for the 2010 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which takes place annually in of course Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Show Management; the company that puts on the boat show, wanted a friendlier, more illustrative map than the map they had used in previous years. John ran an ongoing screen capture as he has done with previous projects (find them on John’s “Design and Illustration Videos” page). The speed is doubled six times giving you the ability to see the work and the thought process behind it without being burdened by specifics of technique. The project was done primarily in Adobe Illustrator, it makes for a fantastic video:

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Map – Illustrator Time-Lapse from John Potter on Vimeo.
John notes that the rendering was based on CAD drawings provided by Jeremy Thayer over at Show Management and the project simply could not have been done in such a short time frame, or with as high a degree of accuracy without those drawings as a foundation. If only everyone worked this way, the final result is excellent.

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Making of the Map: John Potters Timelapse

Andy — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:07:00 +0000

John Potter of Escape Key Graphics has just completed a map for the 2010 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which takes place annually in of course Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Google Map Maker Timelapse

Andy — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:19:00 +0000

Google Map Maker is a Google Maps service that allows users to add or edit features, such as roads, businesses, parks, schools and more. It is a classic Web 2.0 methodology to map the regions of the world that are not already covered by the Google Maps and we kind of like it.

The timelapse video below illustrates Madurai, India being mapped:

Only certain regions of the world are available to edit/map, for obvious reaons, a complete list of areas can be found on the Map Maker site.

The next video details Nicosia, Cyprus:

Google explains the concept of Map Maker below:

Its quick, easy, moderated and provides a publicly viewable basemap in areas where mapping maybe limited. If you are logging in from a part of the world not covered by Google Maps then Google Map Maker is well worth a look…

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