Macroscope

Updated: January 15, 2008; G. Waloszek

Purpose

A technique for browsing very large display spaces, such as a street map of the world, using multiple translucent layers.

Applications

Translucent zooming and panning in maps (see Technical Report)

Graphic display of a hierarchical file system (see Technical Report)

Authors

Henry Lieberman (MIT Media Lab)

Links

• Author: web.media.mit.edu/~lieber
• Lieberary (Page about Henry Lieberman's research areas): web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Lieberary/Lieberary.html
• Page about the Macroscope: web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Lieberary/Macroscope/Macroscope.html
• Technical Report "Powers of Ten Thousands": web.media.mit.edu/~lieber/Lieberary/Macroscope/Powers/Powers.html