What is the Selden Map App?
The Selden Map iPad App is an interactive exploration of an Chinese trading map from the Ming Dynasty. The map has been sitting in Oxford for over 400 years without much attention. In 2010, Dr. Robert Batchelor of Georgia Southern University discovered faint sea routes marked onto the map. This has sparked renewed interest in the map, and led to a restoration in 2011.
I am working with a team that includes Dr. Batchelor to bring the experience of navigating the map to the iPad. On the project I am serving as the sole developer, working in XCode building the application with iOs 5.
