Ebook Maps

[töff]

I'd love to see that map on a phone ... hmm, who do I know who has an iPhone?
Seriously, phone screens are so small, I doubt the map will be legible.
If I were designing the map for legibility on a phone, I'd cut it into sections and add a wide-scale overview map (a simplified version of the map shown above).

[DoubleSupercool]

Thanks for all the tips guys. I have just finished a very nice map for a mates books and converted it all to vector for scaling etc, but it has become apparent that the *ahem* "not really great" resolution of various eBook formats is going to be an issue and I am going to have to do a revised, MUCH simplified version. To be honest, I was a bit taken aback at how pathetic the resolution is. I would be very interested to see how Apple's entry into the educational textbook market will shake things up with their Retina display. A lot of other computer/monitor companies are moving towards that as well.

It seems to me that most people don't mind reading books on their iPad despite the supposed benefits of eInk.

[Gidde]

I'd love to see that map on a phone ... hmm, who do I know who has an iPhone?
Seriously, phone screens are so small, I doubt the map will be legible.
If I were designing the map for legibility on a phone, I'd cut it into sections and add a wide-scale overview map (a simplified version of the map shown above).

Little late on my response here, but really there's no need to modify it for the phone if it's already done for the reader. I imagine most people who read on their phone are just as used to zooming and panning around an image on it as I am, and as long as it's not actually sized for the phone (which would be horrible. it's just too small), one can zoom and pan and see everything just fine.