Ever wondered where in the world you are looking to when you stare across the ocean? Thanks to the ellipsoidal shape of the Earth, you may be surprised to discover just how far your sight line goes, as this series of maps from Andy Woodruff show.
Drifter is an immersive experience of one of Australia’s longest rivers, the Murrumbidgee. Shared by Maps Mania, with Drifter you can find yourself lost amongst historical articles and recordings of frogs, all from an interactive web map.
These countless examples by Washington Post show how Google Maps can lead to the demolition of the wrong building, or the accidental invasion of neighbouring nations – or in essence, why we need reliable spatial data, and we need to learn how to use it in smarter ways.
While ESA, NASA and JAXA spend millions on satellites that can for seemingly no reason cease to operate, unmanned aerial technologies are advancing at such a rate that drones may soon be able to fully replace satellite functionality, well according to Inverse anyway. How UAVs can replace satellite navigation constellations remains a mystery to me.
And finally, a bit of a mystery for you. Fairy circles are unexplained phenomena that first appeared in Namibia, but Atlas Obscura have recently located them in Western Australia. Is it the touch of magic or just “that plants self-organize into these mysterious patterns.”?
