npr:
Interactive map of the internet’s underwater paths
Ever wondered how your email can cross the vastness of the ocean and be delivered almost instantly, anywhere in the world? It’s all down to a network of fibre-optic cables that link up the continents and transmit terabits of data every second.
Yes, yes I always did wonder about this. —Wright
Very cool. And I can’t recommend this long read enough: Mother Earth Mother Board
Automatic Generation of Destination Maps (pdf), via Ken Meltsner. I love these sorts of algorithmic approaches to making interfaces more human-usable. (Previously.)
Things I found on Tumblr that’s awesome today #3.
(via mattgalligan)
Wonderfully pretty maps over ye ole NY Times.
Google Maps & Label Readability
Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem Much More “Readable” Than Those of Its Competitors?
For months, I’ve been trying to figure out why Google Maps’s city labels seem so much more readable than the labels on other mapping sites.
To me, Google’s labels seem to “pop” much more than the other sites’ labels. Major cities also seem to stand out much more. [1] And whenever you’re quickly scanning the maps, the label you’re searching for seems to stand out just a little sooner on Google’s maps.
Africa is really big.
Oh I so love maps. (via fuckyeahglobetrotters)
Should Apple build their own map service?
Could be a smart platform play from Apple — that could blow a significant amount of their cash. I do weep a bit for all the geo/location potential that was at Yahoo.
Christopher Niemann does it again. Clever Google maps style drawings of sayings, metaphors and what not.
Google Maps just added bike lanes to all their US cities. Fucking rocks.
