Submarine Cable Map 2023
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Submarine Cable Map 2023
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#2I love these maps, and I'm glad they provide downloads like [1]. I wish the resolution was a bit higher. As it is the names of the towns on the coasts can be read with difficulty.
[1] https://submarine-cable-map-2023.telegeography.com/images/Su...
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#3If the world could run power along all these submarine telecoms cables then we'd be a lot further towards solving the problem of renewable power generation. I wonder how these kinds of cables compare to HVDC cables in terms of size and cost.
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#4There's a rotating sphere at the top of the map, but part of it is black, and apparently you're not supposed to use it? It's just decoration?
You scroll down to what you think is the map, but it immediately gets covered by a caption, so you scroll down more ...
It turns out that downloads for the actual map are at the top of the page.
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#5There's a rotating sphere at the top of the map, but part of it is black, and apparently you're not supposed to use it? It's just decoration? You scroll down to what you think is the map, but it immediately gets covered by a caption, so you scroll down more ... It turns out that downloads for the actual map are at the top of the page.
...but only after you scroll all the way to the bottom. What a horrible design.
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#6Is there somewhere we can see submarine and land cables both?
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#7Dear map widgets in 2023,
Stop asking me for WebGL, I will not give it to you.
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#9If this sort of thing interests you, I highly recommend "Mother Earth Mother Board" by Neal Stephenson. Probably my favourite piece of writing in Wired.
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#10Are any of the spatial datasets that may have gone into this available for public download?