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scott_s
on Dec 2, 2010
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Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem So Readable?
It's not the implementation that surprises me - once I know it's the right thing to do, I can easily figure out a method how. What's surprising is the insight that it is the right thing to do.
bruceboughton
on Dec 3, 2010
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I think the parent was suggesting the intuition may have come from applying the other more obvious algorithm.
kunley
on Dec 3, 2010
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My guess is that it may be the practice used since years by designers of printed maps, ang Google has just consulted the right people on the topic.
bdr
on Dec 3, 2010
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Agreed, I wasn't trying to say it was hard. Mostly pointing out how two features could be the same simple mechanism.
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