Initially, Hypercities seemed like the coolest and most innovative thing.  How awesome would it be to view the history of an exact location and see how it’s evolved over time?  As I  began to maneuvar through the site, some positive and negative aspects caught my eye.

I liked how the site had sort of an introductory page.  It helped me learn a little bit about what is in the site and how the site came about.  I was also able to get a grasp on how the site was put together.  I also liked that you don’t have to download Hypercities, unlike Google Earth, which you do have to download.  The intro page was also very welcoming.  The grey and yellow color contrast, and the layout of text and images seemed inviting to me.  Once I launched the site, I liked the bar on the top that indicated what years of maps I’d like to see.  I also like the feature to change the transparency of each map.

One of the things I didn’t like is that Hypercities, once launched was a bit slow.  And sometime very slow.  As I changed from one map to another in Los Angeles, the maps wouldn’t change as quickly as I’d like them to or not at all.  Some maps that I clicked on didn’t show up at all.  I also didn’t like how only 27 cities could be explored.  Understanding that the site is still in it’s Beta form, it still has a lot of improvements that need to be made.

All in all, the site was fun to explore.  It gave me a good idea about what it looks like to overlap one map on another.  I’m pretty thrilled to try it on my own.