•major usability
issues, need evaluation
•many people have
trouble reading maps
•need very clear
metaphors
•easy modes of
interaction and support
•interesting in
themselves. Maps as art?
•concern for
privacy issues. Maps are often used to monitor, track and
control
•there is no one
definitive map
•all maps maps
distort, all maps deceive – some are deliberate, some are
unintentional