Design
A Mesmerizing, Futuristic Map With Animated Traffic and Glowing Buildings
It basically turns your city into Tron.
Ever wish your city was a geekoplex of glowing geometric shapes and animated light cycles? Log into the "Vector Map," then, and experience life as it appears in everybody's favorite (and least favorite) Jeff Bridges' cyber saga.
The futuristic cartography is a stunning use of New York-based Mapzen's Tangram engine, which can create intricate, 3-D cityscapes based on OpenStreetMap data. Skyscrapers jut out like huge, translucent crystals—swivel the mouse around to see different perspectives—and traffic is simulated with gliding, xanthous dots and dashes. The whole presentation looks like a lit-up circuit board that's crawling with radioactive ants.