From the mundane and functional to a psychedelic do-it-yourself piece of art – Rorschmap transforms Google maps into a motley of fun patterns.
Creator of Rorschmap, James Bridle, a London-based writer, publisher, artist and coder says on his site that Rorschmap will not help you find anything. Citing the reason behind his creation, he said, “We are bored with your squares and margins. We want new shapes and new dimensions.”
The website Rorschmap allows you to enter a location and change the Google Map into a kaleidoscopic image. Once, you have done that it is not likely that you will recognize the location you enter, but you can certainly try to recognize landmarks and buildings of the specific location.
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| Rorschmap image of London | Image credit: Feelguide |
Rorschmap mirrors your selected location across both the x and y axis, creating visually vibrant interpretations of the world using satellite imagery.
Rorschmap works in two ways. You can either enter a city of your choice in the bottom left and manually play around, or click “GO” in the top right to put it on autopilot.
If you choose to go the former way, the result is insanely mesmerizing and addictive and you can spend hours zooming in and out. You can use your mouse to create different shapes and images on the four maps that move in tandem with one another.
If you select autopilot then you need to just sit back and watch the animation do its job.
The ‘cartographic navel-gazing’ as it has been referred to can also be used as a radical screensaver.
Bridle has said Rorschmap works best on Safari and Chrome and the site is also optimized for iPad.
If you feel the need for distraction on a lazy afternoon, you know where you can head to.
To get your own customized Rorschmap click HERE.