Tag Archives: zoom

Extending the magnifier-metaphor

Posted on 31 October, 2008 by alexanno

edit: It seems that other’s have also thought of exploiting this metaphor. Over at the Google Geo Developers blog they have an example similar to this. However, I find my implementation of the metaphor somewhat more intuitive and less intrusive … Continue reading →

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Zooming in maps – extending the magnifier metaphor

Posted on 14 October, 2008 by alexanno

As some of you already know I’m specializing in GIS and an interest for maps and especially techniques for visualizing maps are present:) In an article I read (Nivala: Usability evaluation of web mapping sites) they critique (as far as … Continue reading →