Google Maps Turned Into Cool Generative Art By Boston-Based Coder

Google Maps Turned Into This Incredible Generative Art
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A Boston-based computer coder has turned his hand to modifying the Google Maps API to produce some very cool generative art.

Shaun Utter has created a site that automatically generates scenes from a host of predetermined cities, colouring them in shocking fluorescent tones.

Generative art is produced automatically and often employs computer coding to take data - in this case Google's mapping files - and to invert colour palletes or produce visual effects.

And many of the scenes are familiar to city dwellers the world over...

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London is one of the cities used as part of the site

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The images morph into another scene every four seconds

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A wide variety of colours are used

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Many of the scenes appear to echo modern art

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Street scenes like this one produce brightly coloured images

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