Hi David Nice idea this SplashMaps. Do you know "Crumpled City Maps" (tm) [1]?
Yours, Stefan [1] http://www.palomarweb.com/web/prodotti/crumpled-city 2013/2/14 dbyhundred <[email protected]>: > Geo works well on Kickstarter these days! We ran one for SplashMaps in > December. Worked for us! Using OSM was compelling for some, and > challenging for us. Perhaps you'll get some great coverage for your product > too! Check out the BBC coverage of ours at www.splashmaps.net and click the > ugly guy with the map round his neck ;-)…. one of our Directors has put some > money in already for you… so best of luck Steve. I'm sure you don't need > to, but please get in contact if you want. Would be great to pick your > brains over OSM too ;-) > > > > From: Geowanking [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > SteveCoast > Sent: 14 February 2013 15:06 > To: Brian Russo > Cc: geowanking > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] My first kickstarter > > > > Hi Brian > > > > You'd be correct if freeways and financial districts were major population > centers. > > Steve > > > > PS check out my kickstarter > projecthttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/237731198/gps-art-poster > > > On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:04 AM, Brian Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > > So they're traffic/road network maps basically? > > Execution is kinda neat I guess but I don't see any remarkable pattern > in the result (I.e. it's a cool idea but I don't think you took it far > enough). They pretty much look exactly how I would guess. In fact I'm > quite certain you could take existing road networks, process the line > thickness with population density (interpolated to avoid the census > blocks) and get more or less the same result. > > Possibly more interesting in places where road networks are not > dominant and at a larger scale or animated to show how cities > "breathe". Or at a very large scale to see how people walk around > Central Park or Disneyland, etc. > > - bri > > Sent from my iPad > > On Feb 13, 2013, at 17:19, Steve Coast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tell 500 of your best friends... > > > > http://kickstarter.com/projects/237731198/gps-art-poster > > http://stevecoast.com/2013/02/13/my-first-kickstarter-project/ > > > > Steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > ________________________________ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2639/6102 - Release Date: 02/13/13 > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
