Human Transportation - Chart Porn

Human Transportation

In: Global Economy Maps Science

20 Oct 2009

Similar in concept to the US McDonalds map, this map colors how long it takes to get to a city of 50,000 people from any location in the world. (via Simple Complexity & Visual Complexity)

the same New Scientist gallery has a map of roads, trains, shipping lanes, and navigable rivers (we’re pretty much everywhere).

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October 21st, 2009 at 5:07 pm

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