https://mappinglondon.co.uk/2015/pacman-on-google-maps/ Highlighting the best London maps Thu, 16 May 2019 09:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://mappinglondon.co.uk/2015/pacman-on-google-maps/#comment-354999 Thu, 16 May 2019 09:22:57 +0000 http://mappinglondon.co.uk/?p=4485#comment-354999 […] do łączenia różnych danych i… do świetnej zabawy. Użytkownicy Map Google mogli zmieniać prawdziwe ulice w labirynty i grać w […]

]]> https://mappinglondon.co.uk/2015/pacman-on-google-maps/#comment-284353 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:45:13 +0000 http://mappinglondon.co.uk/?p=4485#comment-284353 […] Pac-Man on Google Maps! […]

]]> https://mappinglondon.co.uk/2015/pacman-on-google-maps/#comment-280229 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:56:38 +0000 http://mappinglondon.co.uk/?p=4485#comment-280229 […] disparate data together and make it fun. If you knew where to look, users of Google Maps could add arcade classic Pac-Man to their page, turning real-world streets into a maze in which you can control everyone’s […]

]]> https://mappinglondon.co.uk/2015/pacman-on-google-maps/#comment-209028 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:53:17 +0000 http://mappinglondon.co.uk/?p=4485#comment-209028 […] Away from geodemographics and to cartography: Jonny Huck of Lancaster presented the results of a study into creating a number of map types that encouraged good interaction with the map itself – the aim making maps for mobile devices that were engaging and encouraged people to look at the screen frequently when navigating – but not being so difficult to interpret that they were frustrating. Four styles of map, of the Lancaster University campus, were created from a Google Maps base, and participants were asked to navigate around the campus. The style that proved to be most effective in terms of engagement, while being fun to use, was the “PacMap”, a screenshot of which is shown above. Ironically Google released an unrelated PacMap for the whole world, as part of this year’s “April Fool” Google Maps hack. […]

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