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Originally Posted by crossi
Now if you had a display as large as a standard map that you could roll up might be useful, except it would be far too costly and fragile to take hiking.
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A paper map can't react to your queries. An intelligent map could highlight the path you want, or zoom in or out.
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Who would want a floppy book.
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Why would it have to be floppy? There are easy ways to create a stabilizing back that doesn't take too much place.
I don't know the name of it - but that retractable grid? Looks like lots of Xes?
It should be able to expand to at least twice its size and remain relatively rigid.