Mapping The Connected Planet

If nosotros humans could withdraw the artificial borders that nosotros accept imposed on the planet nosotros precisely mightiness detect that at that spot is to a greater extent than that connects us every bit a species than separates us. One affair that does connect us every bit a species is all the global transportation, liberate energy in addition to communications infrastructure which nosotros accept built across planet Earth.

The Connectivity Atlas is a global map constructed from precisely the man-made infrastructure of roads, pipelines in addition to Internet cables. There is no underlying base of operations map on the Connectivity Atlas. There are no countries, seas or oceans. However, despite this lack of a base of operations map, the geography of basis is clearly revealed on the Connectivity Atlas precisely yesteryear displaying all the world's man-made infrastructure.

You tin sack explore all the transportation, liberate energy in addition to communication layers displayed on the map yesteryear using the 'Sources' drop-down menu. Using this carte du jour you lot tin sack plow on or off all the dissimilar layers which makes upward the infrastructure map of the Connectivity Atlas.

The 'Themes' carte du jour allows you lot to persuasion classify infrastructure maps of precisely all the communications, liberate energy or shipping layers. It is besides possible to pick out a characteristic on the map to pick out to persuasion a global map of precisely that feature. For event if you lot pick out a route on the map you lot tin sack click-through to persuasion a global map of precisely all the world's roads.