Next to the icon design, we are looking at the effect of light and shadow. Since we want to show the direction of the route by using the facade directions of the buildings and with light, we experimented with light. Below you can see this experiment.
The conclusion of this experiment is that the using only shadow is too subtile for showing a direction. It has to be done in combination with light and dark faces of the icons and the direction of the facades.
In my opinion the directions are still not clear in any of the maps. Maybe light/shadow is to subtile in general to clearly point a direction?
ReplyDelete