Of course these are irrigated crops. A friend in Dubai, who grew up in Saudi Arabia, said the reason they are not all completely filled circles is because some growers don't have enough money (yet) to buy the equipment necessary to complete the 360-degree irrigation.
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Thursday, April 12
Data Visualization is Everywhere!
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JTJ
on Thu 12 Apr 2007 03:53 AM MDT
This doesn't have anything to do with Analytic Journalism per se, but
while flying from Cairo to Dubai recently I looked out the window at
39,000 feet somewhere over the sands of central Saudi Arabia. What to
my wondering eyes did appear, but an expanse of pie charts.
Of course these are irrigated crops. A friend in Dubai, who grew up in Saudi Arabia, said the reason they are not all completely filled circles is because some growers don't have enough money (yet) to buy the equipment necessary to complete the 360-degree irrigation.
Good jump site for satellite maps
by
JTJ
on Thu 12 Apr 2007 12:49 AM MDT
Our thanks to someone somewhere who pointed us to "Flashearth," an interesting site under development that supplies links to multiple mapping programs that draw on global satellite imagery. The are: Google Maps; Microsoft VE (aerial); Microsoft VE (labels); Yahoo Maps; Ask.com (aerial); Ask.com (physical); OpenLayers; NASA Terra (daily).
The sites vary in the degree of "zoomability," but each offers slightly different capability and data. In any event, it is most likely worthy of a bookmark. |
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