Underwater Cloud: Inside the Cables Carrying 99% of Transoceanic Data Traffic
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99% Invisible
Local wireless internet helps promote the feeling that data moves through thin air, but in reality: the vast majority of international data transfers are made possible by underwater cables
MapmyIndia to assist in India govt’s e-addressing system
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Geospatial World
The Indian government has embarked on a mission to put in place an e-enabled address system.
James Clark’s Revised Map of Current and Proposed Railways in Southeast Asia
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Nomadic Notes
James Clark has updated his Future Southeast Asian Railways map, to create a fascinating portrait of the region’s transport infrastructure boom.
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Eos Editors’ Vox blog
The Review of Geophysics journal editors talk through methods of measuring changes in gravity, and its application to the geosciences.
Analog GPS: Scrolling Wrist & Car-Mounted Maps of the Roaring 20s & 30s
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99% Invisible
Long before the days of celebrity voices calling out directions while you drive, paper-based attempts at mobile mapping generated an intriguing array of proto-GPS systems.
