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Hyperbolic Geometry of Google Maps
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Prof. Yuliy Baryshnikov (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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Wednesday, 18.09.2024, 11:30
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861, Meyer Building

Hyperbolic Geometry of Google Maps:
Navigation of the Google Maps (not to confuse with *driving with* Google Maps) on smartphones is perhaps the most intuitive and efficient UI in existence, – and the reason, as I will show, is the underlying structure of the 3D hyperbolic space.
Professor Yuliy Baryshnikov’s short bio is here