Comments on: Zoomable paper London streetmap http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 06:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: ZDepthCharge http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695578 ZDepthCharge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695578 That is the worst embedded video player I've seen in a while. The map is really awesome though. That is the worst embedded video player I’ve seen in a while. The map is really awesome though.

]]> By: Beverly Stayart http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-696112 Beverly Stayart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696112 This zoomable map is innovative, compact, and easy to use. This zoomable map is innovative, compact, and easy to use.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-697408 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-697408 The map is printed on tear resistant paper. It's a plastic foil laminated with paper! So quite durable. The map is printed on tear resistant paper. It’s a plastic foil laminated with paper! So quite durable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695908 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695908 think they'll make these for other cities think they’ll make these for other cities

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695413 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695413 Reminds me of the Marauder's Map. Can it show me where everyone is in London? Reminds me of the Marauder’s Map. Can it show me where everyone is in London?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695928 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695928 I made something just like this back in 2002. I was working in emergency services and was hoping to put readily accessible information like poison control and heimlich maneuver directions on it (in addition to the obvious mapping possibilities). I wanted to call it something like "organami" or "parachute guide". It's surprisingly hard to make a map that folds smoothly and yet is still made from material sturdy enough to survive multiple uses! Anyway, kudos to the maker. Not everyone has an iphone! See how far you can stretch the concept! I made something just like this back in 2002. I was working in emergency services and was hoping to put readily accessible information like poison control and heimlich maneuver directions on it (in addition to the obvious mapping possibilities). I wanted to call it something like “organami” or “parachute guide”. It’s surprisingly hard to make a map that folds smoothly and yet is still made from material sturdy enough to survive multiple uses!

Anyway, kudos to the maker. Not everyone has an iphone! See how far you can stretch the concept!

]]> By: chlitto http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695426 chlitto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695426 http://blog.cloudmade.com/2008/11/12/hexaflexamaps/ http://blog.cloudmade.com/2008/11/12/hexaflexamaps/

]]> By: Flashman http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695481 Flashman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695481 That is incredible, one of those head-slapping ideas that just seems so obvious in retrospect! I wonder what the downsides are? Probably more prone to tearing is about it; stouter tear-resistant card or plastic couldn't fold so compactly. Myself, when I was living in London I just made myself a custom mini-map taped together out of pages of an old AZ, just the pages where I would likely be going. It's still in my wallet; from time to time I take it out and caress it wistfully. That is incredible, one of those head-slapping ideas that just seems so obvious in retrospect! I wonder what the downsides are? Probably more prone to tearing is about it; stouter tear-resistant card or plastic couldn’t fold so compactly.
Myself, when I was living in London I just made myself a custom mini-map taped together out of pages of an old AZ, just the pages where I would likely be going. It’s still in my wallet; from time to time I take it out and caress it wistfully.

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/01/23/zoomable-paper-londo.html#comment-695493 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-695493 This is seriously the coolest thing i've seen as far as paper maps go (: This is seriously the coolest thing i’ve seen as far as paper maps go (:

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