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Yeah... I got that far, but it still has nothing to do either of them.

Jef presented the idea of a zoomable interface in his book "The Humane Interface" and a zoomable interface was a part of THE/Archy.

There was also some research in the 70s and early 80s, especially the Spatial Data Management System by Christopher Herot.

Now that I've looked at it, I think I'm glad neither are involved.

It looks somewhat like the new Microsoft OS / phone screen