Interesting Links for 24 April 2009
by Jon Peltier
Friday, April 24th, 2009
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The Remotest Places on Earth
I admitted to my obsession with maps in Virtual Globes. A lot of visualizations are based on maps and globes. Some of them are even well done.
In Map of the remotest places on Earth Enrico Bertini cites an article in New Scientist called Where’s the remotest place on Earth? which reports a European Commission/World Bank study that determined how “remote” each location is, based on travel time from the nearest place with 50,000 inhabitants.
The New Scientist article also shows detailed maps of the density of roads, railways, navigable rivers, and oceanic shipping lanes.
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Posted: Friday, April 24th, 2009 under Links.
Comments: 4
Comments
Comment from derek
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009, 11:36 am
I’m very amused that the places highlighted by that algorithm include Timbuktoo, the Outback, and Siberia. It just goes to show, cliches are often cliches for a reason!
Comment from Jon Peltier
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009, 12:47 pm
Derek – Nice observation!
Comment from Doug Jenkins
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009, 10:45 pm
Interesting map Jon.
No surprise how remote some parts of Australia are, but I was surprised that so much of China was comparatively remote (compared with Europe). Also S America had more general remoteness than I expected.
Comment from Jon Peltier
Time: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:35 am
I was surprised by the bright streak along the northern edge of India, just south of the Himalayas.
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