25 May 2007

Hyperbolic tree visualization examples

Buildings in the cities of Edmonton in Canada and Valencia, Spain ; a few interesting examples of viewing your 3D SketchUp collections with Google Maps .

AGAINST MAPS : http://www.againstmaps.com/main.html"... A map assumes authority through the implied power of its maker's perspective. To see an area from above, as in a map, is not to participate in it. ... Maps systematically abstract space in order to narrate the details of a place. This science of abstraction assumes the semi-permanence of details and the value of networking them."

Fractal eXtreme Movie Player Plug-in Install : http://www.cygnus-software.com/fxmplugin/install.htm

Comics are becoming recognized as an effective means of communicating difficult concepts to diverse audiences

WONDERS OF THE WORLD COLORING PAGES : big ben (tower of london), eiffel tower, golden gate bridge, great sphinx, great wall of china, leaning tower of pisa, moai statues (easter island), mt. rushmore, st. louis arch, statue of liberty, stonehenge, sydney opera house, taj mahal, victoria falls

Battle for Jerusalem : The BBC News website is publishing a series of articles about the attempts to achieve peace in the Middle East and the main obstacles.


Another interesting 'map" collection : http://del.icio.us/negatendo/maps


Dave Bollinger is a US based artist/programmer who uses simple systems/algorithms to create complex multiform artworks. Via http://dataisnature.com/?p=364

Mapping the Unmappable:... side-barrred (by RSS reader?) here : http://www.kanunt.com/what/cartographie/

"Trains don't stop for barking dogs." - Wesley Cunningham (1897-1977)
"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else." - Umberto Eco (Travels in Hyper Reality, 1986) Via
"Interest your children in bowling...get them off the streets, into the alleys!" - Yarns
"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places." - Anonymous
"This above all: to thine own self be true." - William Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act I, scene iii)

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