Map of all world flights...
May 29, 2013 | 12:54 pm
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Map of all world flights...
.....if you like those maps of the world at night-time, where the urban areas glow brightly.....here's a map of all the world's flights, city-to-city, such that ATL and LHR glow brightest and you can contrast the "dark" areas with few flights.
(The maps don't sure actual flight paths, but just a city-to-city straight-line)
enjoy!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_te...wpisrc=flyouts
(The maps don't sure actual flight paths, but just a city-to-city straight-line)
enjoy!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_te...wpisrc=flyouts
May 29, 2013 | 3:53 pm
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Facinating, and thanks for sharing. The last point is interesting, and I guess I hadn't realized it until I read it (forest through the trees...). There aren't any contintent outlines on the map, but the flight O/Ds define them anyway.
May 30, 2013 | 3:14 am
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Existing threads here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ght-paths.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ght-paths.html
Not sure if we want to merge or not.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ght-paths.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...ght-paths.html
Not sure if we want to merge or not.
May 30, 2013 | 11:55 am
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I like the ones that show flights over time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ystkKXzt9Wk
I haven't seen a global one.
I haven't seen a global one.
May 30, 2013 | 7:06 pm
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I wondered about that too. But when you think about it, cities in Europe as a whole are much closer together. There aren't vast areas of nothingness like there is in the western USA.