Map-It!

ideation by design 

Map-It! is an interactive digital tabletop that promotes the learning of geography. It would be preprogrammed with larger places such as cities, states, and countries but would also allow for creativity by integrating a create-you-own function. With this function, a user could create their own map of their neighborhood to share with a friend or family member. This map could then be saved to a map piece ( probably a fiducial marker or QR code on the bottom of an acrylic or wood piece) and used to pull up the map on someone elses Map-it!. The use of a table as opposed to an ipad or computer would allow for more detail to be integrated into the design while still being able to see the larger picture. Ideally Map-It! would be able to map the physical terrain of a domain through hands on manipulation and would also be able to save that information. However, i’m not sure how to actually implement that.