Aviation

Global Air Traffic Simulation
A simulation of global air traffic over 24 hours: Cooool. Via Gadling and Infonaut. Previously: Flight Patterns…. »
Posted on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 7:42 AM
Categories: Aviation, Video
Cartographies of Travel and Navigation
A new book from the University of Chicago Press looks interesting: Cartographies of Travel and Navigation, edited by James R. Akerman, a collection of essays about the history of all kinds of transportation-related maps — railroads, roads, nautical and… »
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 12:51 PM
Categories: Aviation, Books, Nautical, Railroads, Roads
Flight Patterns
Aaron Koblin took FAA flight data and made some flashy animations out of the flight paths. Via atlas(t)…. »
Posted on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 7:29 PM
Categories: Art, Aviation, Video
Tufte on Airport Runway Maps
Edward Tufte has been asked “to take a look at airport runway maps and how runway incursions might be reduced by better maps”; the discussion on his bulletin board makes for interesting reading, particularly in light of the recent… »
Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 7:26 AM
Categories: Aviation, Current Events
SkyVector’s Aeronautical Charts
I love looking at aeronautical charts even if I have no idea what to do with them; I just think all the detail is neat. So it’s no surprise that I’ve been enjoying playing with the aeronautical charts collected… »
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 5:42 PM
Categories: Aviation
Airline Route Maps
Cartography has a great post about online collections of airline route maps, at the eponymous Airline Route Maps and elsewhere. See previous entry: Old Airline Route Maps…. »
Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 8:44 PM
Categories: Aviation
Question: Smaller World Aeronautical Charts for a Wall?
Readers have written in asking about wall-sized maps before, but Joe Thompson is looking for something a lot more specific. Actually, in his case, the charts he wants are too big; he’s looking for a way to make them smaller:… »
Posted on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 9:46 AM
Categories: Aviation, Questions
Unmanned Aircraft Safety Targets
Huw — probably my best link submitter — writes in with another one: a series of maps on UAV safety. That’s unmanned aerial vehicles: think Predator drones. Unmanned aircraft are apparently 100 times less reliable than manned aircraft; the maps… »
Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at 9:28 PM
Categories: Aviation

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