Picasa for Mac: It’s finally here!
I know I’ve been waiting for this to come out. Although I really love the new iPhoto as well. Tough, but free, choices!
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Global Map of Accessibility
Posted by jimmyrocks under Uncategorized | Tags: Accessibility, Cities, Geography, Global, Major, Major Cities, Map, Maproom, Maps, Population Density, Ports, Shipping, Wilderness |Leave a Comment
Travel time to major cities (in hours and days) and shipping lane density
A map released by the European Commission and the World Bank models the accessibility (and isolation) of various parts of the world. It’s a heat map that shows the travel time to major cities (here defined as 50,000 or more people). The oceans show shipping lane density. Via MAPS-L.
It’s interesting to note that only 10% of the earth is more than 2 day trip from a large city
