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September 13, 2014

Why Use Google Maps When You Can Get GPS Directions On The Death Star Instead?

Filed under: Graphics,MapBox,Mapping,Maps — Patrick Durusau @ 5:05 pm

Why Use Google Maps When You Can Get GPS Directions On The Death Star Instead? by John Brownlee.

From the post:

Mapbox Studio is a toolkit that allows apps and websites to serve up their own custom-designed maps to users. Companies like Square, Pinterest, Foursquare, and Evernote con provide custom-skinned Mapboxes instead, changing map elements to better fit in with their brand.

But Mapbox can do far cooler stuff. It can blast you to Space Station Earth, a Mapbox that makes the entire planet look like the blinking, slate gray skin of the Star Wars Death Star.

Great if your target audience are Star Wars or similar science fiction fans or you can convince management that it will hold the attention of users longer.

Even routine tasks, like logging service calls answered, would be more enjoyable using an X-Wing fighter to destroy the location of the call after service has been completed. 😉

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