Ideas change everything

Happy maps

2,935,821 plays|

Daniele Quercia |

TED@BCG Berlin

• November 2014

Mapping apps help us find the fastest route to where we’re going. But what if we’d rather wander? Researcher Daniele Quercia demos “happy maps” that take into account not only the route you want to take, but how you want to feel along the way.

Want to use TED Talks in your organization?

Want to use TED Talks in your organization?

Mapping apps help us find the fastest route to where we’re going. But what if we’d rather wander? Researcher Daniele Quercia demos “happy maps” that take into account not only the route you want to take, but how you want to feel along the way.

Want to use TED Talks in your organization?

About the speaker

Daniele Quercia

See speaker profile

At Yahoo! Labs in Barcelona, Daniele Quercia and his colleagues imagine new ways to use online maps to improve our lives.

Learn more

The shortest paths to happiness. Literally.

Pick happiness over efficiency — see "happy maps" of popular routes in London, Berlin, Boston and Turin.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

Read more about the TED Institute