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Airport Runways Underwater: Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports (Maps)

February 4, 2020 admin airports, climate change, Flooding, maps, research, rising seas, sea level rise, Water

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:00:55 +0000

“While global climate-related threats like droughts, wildfires and biodiversity loss get a lot of attention (and rightfully so), one problem is quietly creeping up on us, and it could have disastrous consequences,” Mansie Hough at the World Resources Institute (WRI) recently wrote in an email to CleanTechnica

This Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones

February 3, 2020 admin cars, cities, google maps, Infrastructure, maps, traffic

Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:07:54 +0000

By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Wreckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps.

The MTA Is Going After an Etsy Artist Over a New York Subway Map It Didn’t Make

January 9, 2020 admin copyright, jake berman, maps, MTA, New York City Subway, Transportation

Credit to Author: Aaron Gordon| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 15:55:27 +0000

Jake Berman spent more than 300 hours making his own subway map because he didn’t like the MTA’s. Now the MTA says he can’t sell it.