The document discusses various ways of finding and mapping information, including physical maps, internet maps like Google Maps, and conceptual maps. It also discusses different types of information and tools that can be used for searching information on the internet, with some examples provided. The challenges of designing for search engines are also mentioned.

1. Finding Things Kevin Kurzinski Akila Sathiaseelan Molly Sun

2. Most things can be found in context with a map (Wurman 155). Giovanni Battista Nolli’s Map of Rome

3. Maps have been associated with the unknown and mysterious. (Wurman, 155)

4. GoogleMap http://maps.google.com/ To find our way through information, we also rely on maps that will tell us where we are in relation to the information, give us a sense of perspective, and enable us to make comparisons between the information. (Wurman, 156) Map Satellite Hybrid

6. Internet Search A particularly useful map would be a good map of the Internet, which continually expands and extends beyond anyone’s ability to keep up. (Wurman 158)

7. Maps As Metaphors Maps can take a myriad of forms. (Wurman, 157) CAT Scan Grocery List Loan Application

8. http://www.fcit.usf.edu/Holocaust/sitemap/sitemap.htm

9. Types of Information: The Five Rings “ We are all surrounded by information that operates at varying immediacy to our lives (Wurman 160).” Cultural Information News Information Reference Information Conversational Information Internal Information

10. Valence is a set of software sketches about building representations that explore the structures and relationships inside very large sets of information. © Copyright Ben Fry and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11. A simplified online version of the text-analyzing valence (Created using C++, Perl, OpenGL) http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/valence/applet/ © Copyright Ben Fry and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

13. Inxight StarTree : Walk-Through Tour Visual Thesaurus

14. Tools For Searching the Internet Baidu Search Engine of China www.baidu.com The Baidu Story http://ir.baidu.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=188488&p=irol-homeprofile

15. Most Search engines take users way beyond where they want to go (Wurman, 171). Price of tea in China? Where can I buy tea online? tealuxe.com Where can I find information about tea in China? A beautiful article about the traditions of tea in China, kinds of tea, legends related to tea and how tea relates to the I Ching.

17. Future Search Engine Another Example: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =kjRfrhX7DpQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3RF__Mx48&mode= related&search =

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19. Activity-Treasure Hunting