Here & There — a horizonless projection in Manhattan

This map would be good for finding things very close, or very far away, but the area in the middle is not well represented.

I really like this map projection. But I'm having a hard time finding a real life use case for it. It's not very good at local items, so a walking mall situation (over a few blocks) doesn't work very well. The projection is inherently fixed to a point in physical space (ie, it's not very good printed and carried around, and relies on a certain orientation).<p>Does anybody have a good use case for this map projection?

So the ringworld engineers were originally from New York?

This makes me dizzy... and I'm not really sure what the use case is.

There is civilization below Astor Place you know.