Yesterday, ) posted an article that well could be the end of the map as we know it. Companies can pay to place their logo on Google Maps. Only the announcement didn't become too specific on that:
"These easily recognisable logos more closely depict online what the offline world looks like, so next time you're trying to find your way on the map you can navigate more easily using these icons as landmarks."
This is the first step to a "billboardization" of Google Maps.
Let's see how it would look if rolled out:
Anyone needing that?
Just don't try to claim the move is designed to be a navigational aide.
The right picture is taken from the movie Logorama, a 17-minute animated film made by the French collectibe H5. The film depicts events in a stylized Los Angeles, and is told entirely through the use of more than 2,500 contemporary and historical logos and mascots. The film won the Prix Kodak at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
