More eye candy than anything else, but inspiring ways of tracking movement in modern society. Each video is a about a minute long.
British information infrastructure -
Population:
Shipping across the Channel:
Taxis tracked by GPS:
Air traffic:
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Comments ( 2 )
[...] The BBC has put together these great visualizations of geospatial information mapped in a very pretty fashion. While GIS data is always fun and awesome, normally it looks like bollocks. This, on the other hand, is pleasant and beautiful, while still maintaining its informativeness. (h/t Shlok Vaidya) [...]
The BBC has put together these great vis… « thwap! added these pithy words on Feb 04 10 at 12:10 am[...] This is impressive. Every yellow dot represents a single airplane and tracks over the course of 24 hours. Also, just look at the continental U.S. That’s a hell of a lot of traffic. Very similar to the BBC stuff that Vaidya found on Britain from above. [...]
Aerial Swarming « Automatic Ballpoint added these pithy words on Feb 04 10 at 7:58 am
