Eye blog generally talks about things that I can expect from a design magazine: posters, fonts, events, etc., but today, they posted about Google maps. Upon reading the headline, I wondered what in the world Google maps had to do with a designer like myself, but after reading the article it is apparent that it has a great deal to do with the design world. Google maps is highly designed and is useful and relevant information for the user. However, Bing's map service and other maps are coming up on Google maps' tail. Eye blog suggests, "Perhaps the next great moment in information design is just around the corner." Maybe they're correct about that!
Designing maps seems to be quite a hard feat to tackle -- so many lines, so so so many lines. But realistically it is sort of like an infographic, because it does provide information in a graphic way.
Check out these map photos provided by Eye Blog:
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| OpenStreetMap's map |
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| Map from Bing Maps |
One advantage to Bing Maps is that they allow you to overlay multiple maps, to make the map custom to you.
Is it true, then? Google may not be taking over the whole digital world?
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