Glad to see 2d mapping is still of interest. 20 years ago, information visualization, data cartography, exploratory analytics, etc.. was pretty alive, but it never really took off and found a reliable niche in the industry, or real end user application. Why map it, when the machine can just tell you.

Would be nice to see it come back. Would love to browse for books and movies on maps again, rather that getting lists regurgitated at me.