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Re:TimeMaps by mlok on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @09:00AM (#36693912)
Good idea. But not easily usable. The map distortion is funny and impressive but not practical. The (arbitrary) colored circles should be distorted to bring information, not the (familiar) map itself. We need the map to stay familiar so people are able to easily use this.
Re:TimeMaps by vegabook on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @09:38AM (#36694327)
Precisely. In fact the same time variable is being redundantly mapped to two visual dimensions, where one, colour, would have sufficed.