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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 11:45 pm
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jpatokal
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Cool Airport codes and clusters

Rolled out a significant upgrade yesterday, with two major new features: airport codes now added onto the map itself, with the full airport name & location shown if you hover your mouse over the icon, and a funky clustering system that attempts to decongest cluttered maps when you're zoomed out by rolling airports together, like so:



Details on the blog:

Airport codes and dynamic clusters, oh my

Known bug: some users are getting "phantom flights" with no airport at the other end, we're working on it. If anything else is wonky, let me know!
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