An interactive multitouch enabled Google map with KML overlays allows visitors to pan and zoom around the L.A. Basin while learning about the weather patterns, wind currents, geologic make-up, and vegetative patterns that have shaped the landscape of southern California.

Geo-tagged photo and video content, managed by Flickr, is displayed across the map. Visitors can explore this content through the use of intuitive gestures, building the basin’s story through discovery. Flipping the images over reveals embedded metadata to assist the exhibit narrative.

The multitouch software was developed using GestureWorks, Adobe Flash, Google Maps, and KML. Content management is handled via Flickr. You can learn more Ideum’s MT-50 multitouch table on our Website (www.ideum.com). You can learn more about the Gestureworks multitouch framework for Flash at: gestureworks.com