Interactive Animated Projected Elk Map and Terrain Model
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Elk Map ExhibitInteractive Animated Projected Elk Map and Terrain Model
Alex Tait [email protected]
@taitmaps.com
Purpose• Engage and educate users: autoplay
animation and interactive control
• Show elk migration
• Relate migration to landscape
• Provide the user tools to explore the map and answer questions of where, when, why
Team• International Mapping
• Split Rock Studio
• Buffalo Bill Center for the West
• Arthur Middleton + other wildlife researchers
• University of Oregon Info-Graphics Lab
• National Geographic Society
Components
model
iPad controller
projected maps
Biggest Challenges• Animating the elk migration
• Effective interactive design for a map on public display and a 1–3 minute user
The Model
2x vertical exaggeration 72 hours CNC cutting time
300 pounds with frame
The Projected Maps
Challenge 1: Animated Elk
Challenge 2: The Controller
Keeping it Simple
Map-Model in Use
Elk Map ExhibitGo to NGS or Buffalo Bill Center for the West in Cody, WY to see it!
Alex Tait [email protected]
@taitmaps.com