Analog Displays and Physical Mapping

September 22, 2009
Panel displaying elevator positions

Panel displaying elevator positions

I snapped this picture in the lobby of the Frost Bank building in San Antonio. The panel, nowhere near the elevators, was designed to give the fire department a view of what floors the elevators were on.

I love the look of this display – the lights behind the numbers, the movement going up and down, and also the ability to compare. By comparison, a simple digital number display would be faster to read probably and infinitely more scalable, but not nearly as fun and charming.

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  1. Nice, but it would be even nicer if the numbers were arranged so the higher floors were at the top. Seeing the 10 above the 18 seems a bit odd.

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