InfoGraphics Lab Team Maps Eugene 08

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Ken Kato points to features of the fly-over animation

Ken Kato points out some features of the 3-D Hayward Field animation he and his staff produced for UO Athletics and the Eugene 08 committee. The fly-over animation illustrates Hayward Field's layout and how that fits with the surrounding festival. The video, which runs just under two and a half minutes, took nearly five hours to render. It can be viewed at http://infographics.uoregon.edu/eugene08.html.

Patrick Chinn
pchinn@uoregon.edu

When 15,000 track fans descend on Hayward Field this June for the Olympic Trials, each person at some point will ask, "Where can I get something to eat?"

The answer will be illustrated by maps created by the University of Oregon InfoGraphics Lab in the Department of Geography. The team, comprised of Assistant Director Ken Kato, GIS Specialist Blake Andrew, and several student interns, are excited to have their work in the hands--literally--of thousands of visitors from across the country.

The InfoGraphics Lab has been working since September 2007 to create infrastructure maps for the Olympic Trials. Ken and his team volunteered to produce a public map so fans can find their way around Hayward Field and the Eugene 08 Festival. A PDF version of this map is available online at http://infographics.uoregon.edu/eugene08.html. The InfoGraphics Lab is working on an interactive electronic version of the public map. It will be available online shortly before the event begins on Friday, June 27.