maps

Want to get a written message out to everyone? Just redefine your country’s borders to make cartographers do your bidding!

Apr 25, 2022

Law, Government, & Politics

borders, Government, maps, wildcats

Background: Many national and provincial borders are defined in highly arbitrary fashions that have no underlying geographical rationale: these often appear as straight lines on a map, frequently passing through uninhabitable wastelands. For this proposal, we’ll discuss borders that satisfy these criteria: Border region is uninhabited. Border region has no strategic value. Border region has…
“Potemkin Maps”: Impress foreign dignitaries and out-of-town investors by following a GPS map route through a misleadingly-nice part of your city!

Jun 10, 2019

Automotive / Cars, Phones, Technology, UI / UX

avoid highways, cell phone gps, cell phone maps, gps, map route, maps, misleading route, potemkin route, potemkin village, route

Background: Phone map apps often have a few optional settings for a route, such as: Avoid highways (for driving) Fewer bus transfers (for public transit) Avoid hills (for walking) The issue: Sometimes, you want drive on the most scenic route from point A to point B, without too much concern about efficiency. For example, you might…