Elevation Kaleidoscope

Landschach is a global kaleidoscope made from a map of the world.

It powerfulness non expect similar Landschach is made from a map simply it is. What you lot are seeing is a map inward which a sine moving ridge has been applied to elevation values. This results inward blocks of colors without the normal gradients you lot would brand it a traditional elevation map. You tin strength out encounter this to a greater extent than clearly when looking at the same map without the kaleidoscope effect.

The kaleidoscope number inward Landschach is created past times having 4 instance of the same map view. As you lot go around the 4 map instances inward sequence the map is flipped 180 degrees. This results inward a trippy kaleidoscope effect.


Landschach was inspired past times Rorschach Satellite. Rorschach Satellite is a fun footling map which is designed to exercise a kaleidoscope number using Mapbox aerial views. The map was created past times Mapbox's Damon Burgett.

Essentially Rorschach Satellite places ii maps side-by-side. On 1 map the satellite picture is flipped thence that it shows the mirror picture of the other map. The outcome is that Rorschach Satellite creates patterns real similar to the ink blot patterns used past times psychologists inward Rorschach tests.

If you lot similar a pattern created amongst Rorschach Satellite you lot tin strength out re-create as well as past times the map URL to portion a link to your persuasion on Rorschach Satellite.


#rorschmap uses the Google Maps API to exercise a real similar effect. #rorschmap tin strength out exercise a kaleidoscope persuasion for whatsoever location on the Earth. Essentially the application displays the Google Maps satellite persuasion of a location and, using the same regulation of multiple reflection that you lot abide by inward kaleidoscopes, creates an animated Rorschach assay out effect.

The map plant inward a similar means to Rorschach Satellite simply genuinely has 4 dissimilar map views rather than two.


If that doesn't print you lot as well as thence why non campaign #rorschmap Street View Edition. Just motility into your address into the app as well as you lot tin strength out drop-down the rabbit-hole as well as exercise a kaleidoscope from the Google Maps Street View of your ain home!