Jeffrey Ambroziak on cartography, 3D moon maps and patent writing
The Student Intellectual Property Society at William & 玛丽 Law School welcomed alumnus Jeffrey Ambroziak J.D. 1998年11月21日，他做了一个演讲，详细介绍了他成为制图师和发明家的历程。 Beyond his success as a cartographer, Ambroziak also is a practicing patent strategy and patent prosecution attorney at GTC Law Group.
The seeds of Ambroziak's inventorship were sown at the Law School when, in the middle of his corporations class, Ambroziak came up with the idea of a 3D-perspective mapping tool. An avid fan of cartography, he realized that maps were static and could be viewed from only a single perspective. "What if you had an infinite number of projections?" he surmised. He later approached his patent law professor, George Helfrich, with the idea, asking if that type of technology was something that could be patented. Helfrich assured him that it was.
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Through his successes, Ambroziak has had the chance to interact with numerous individuals who shaped his life, including astronaut Sally Ride, author Ray Bradbury, and NASA flight director Gene Kranz. His maps have even had their own show in a prestigious New York art gallery, and can be found everywhere from elementary school classrooms to the private library of billionaire and space-aficionado Jay Walker.
Students attending the talk left inspired by his work. Monroe Tyler J.D. '16, the president of the Student Intellectual Property Society, stated, "Mr. Ambroziak is a great example of a William & 玛丽 law student who brought an expertise to law school, applied his legal knowledge to it, and created something quite astounding." At the end of the talk, Ambroziak handed out copies of his famous 3D Moon Map--along with 3D glasses--and students could be seen marveling at the 3D projections on the map. He also showed off a currently in-development mobile app that harnesses the AIPP to display dynamic 3D maps of certain parts of the world.
Ambroziak donated a copy of the Moon Map signed by Gene Kranz to the Law School's Wolf Law Library, as well as a copy of his book, Infinite Perspectives: Two Thousand Years of Three-Dimensional Mapmaking (Princeton Architectural Press 1999).
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