Every dot is a real subway train. Eight hundred of them, give or take, form a small jazz combo (walking bass, piano, sax, vibes, brushes) that has been playing without pause for over a hundred years. On the platforms they are hot, screaming, full of complaint. This is the music inside the noise.

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Itiner-e aims to host the most detailed open digital dataset of roads in the entire Roman Empire. The data creation is a collaborative ongoing project edited by a scholarly community. Itiner-e allows you to view, query and download roads.

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Climate change and increasing urbanization are causing more and more heat, which is particularly noticeable these days. Locals and tourists are therefore looking for ways to avoid direct sunlight. Of course you can change sides of the road, but this is not always possible – and Google Maps doesn’t offer any help.

The “vampire routing” proof-of-concept, also known as “vampire mode”, solves this problem with a new type of technology. It suggests footpath routes that preferably run in the shade – just like vampires that avoid the sun at all costs. A small detour can also be accepted.

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Dafür werden Echtzeitdaten erhoben, aber statistische Modelle auf Basis von Zeitnutzungsstudien und Bevölkerungsdaten benutzt, um zu schätzen, wie viele Menschen gerade schlafen, arbeiten oder anderen Aktivitäten nachgehen. Die Zahlen werden ständig aktualisiert und erzeugen so ein seltsam faszinierendes Bild menschlicher Gewohnheiten über verschiedene Zeitzonen hinweg.

Da geht er dahin, der Tag.

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Enter one or two lower-case English words to see translations from Google Translate.

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Pheasant Island ist eine unbewohnte Flussinsel mitten im Fluss Bidasoa und wird gemeinsam von Spanien und Frankreich kontrolliert, wobei beide Länder alle sechs Monate abwechselnd die administrative Kontrolle über die Insel haben. Damit ist Pheasant Island das kleinste Kondominium der Welt, ein politischer Begriff, der ein Gebiet bezeichnet, das von zwei Ländern gemeinsam kontrolliert wird. Obwohl die Insel bei Ebbe manchmal von der spanischen Seite aus zu Fuß erreicht werden kann, ist der Zugang verboten.

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A nice example of a crater 2-3 km wide is Rotor Kamm in southern Africa. I should mention that we’re easily into city killer impacts here, in case you’re wondering.

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The historical methods of meeting through family, church, neighborhood, and primary or secondary school have all been declining sharply since 1940. The rapid rise of couples meeting online corresponds with the introduction of the World Wide Web after 1995 and the adoption of smartphones after 2007.

The core of the data is based on a paper from Stanford University’s Social Science Data and Software Social Science Data Collection.

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According to the analysis, just 20 4-digit numbers account for 27% of all PINs: 1234, 0000, 7777, 2000, 2222, 9999, 5555, 1122, 8888, 2001, 1111, 1212, 1004, 4444, 6969 (nice), 3333, 6666, 1313, 4321, 1010. The diagonal line is people using repeated pairs of digits (e.g. 2727 or 8888) while the horizontal line near the bottom is people who are presumably using their (19xx) birth year as a PIN. (You can see the beginning of a 20xx line on the left side.)

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About the Sunken Ships of the Second World War

This dashboard maps out the locations of more than 15,227 ships that were sunk during the Second World War as a result of self-inflicted or enemy action (i.e. not included are ships sunk as a result of natural disasters or accidents). Data on another 4,787 ships was also collected but these are not mapped because of the lack of location data.

Location data may not be exact. This information is sometimes a generalized location (e.g. 50W, 42N) or a best guess. There are undoubtedly errors in the data.

Da geht der dahin, der Urlaubstag.

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I found old computer tapes from my wife’s grandfather. He used these tapes to calculate area, lenghts, prices … in houses construction mid / late 70’s. That was the time of computers using magnetic tapes to store informations. I was curious to listent to the sound of data, and if it was possible to make music with it.

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1.This map only shows major passenger rails in the World. However, in US, Australia, and some other parts, the map could be more detailed as trains would be depicted.

2.This is the beta version, which means a lot of errors and mistakes could be on the map, please give me corrections and suggestions so that I can improve.

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In the first half of the fourteenth century, London was a bustling metropolis. The population of 80-100,000 people mostly lived within the City Walls, with 7 main gates, 25 wards, and about 110 parishes. Along the Thames, the wharfs and markets saw merchants from Flanders and the Hanse Cities, and the area around Poultry and Bank was home to a large financial industry with bankers from Florence and elsewhere. Markets around Bishopsgate, along Cheapside offered fish, meat, milk, bread and other daily goods. London was also famous for its luxury goods, especially gold, clothes, shoes, spices, weapons and jewellery. Powerful guilds such as the tailors, fishmongers, bakers, and cordwainers dominated local politics, controlled prices, and gave a sense of identity to young people as apprentices. Religious houses were scattered across the city, and St Paul’s Cathedral with its massive spire dominated the skyline.

London coroners’ rolls have survived for nine years between 1300 and 1340. The texts report the findings of the investigative jury. They were summoned when a suspicious, sudden and violent death had occurred. Although the details vary, the summary would usually specify where and when the homicide happened, who was involved, what triggered the event, what weapons were used, and what the nature and dimensions of the wound were.

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The Bird Migration Explorer captures the joy of birds and the wonder of migration through a series of interactive maps built using the latest and best-available migration and conservation science.

Using this unique digital platform, visitors to the Bird Migration Explorer can learn about the full annual cycle for 458 species of migratory birds that regularly breed in the United States and Canada and use areas in Latin America and the Caribbean during other times of the year.

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„Cannabislegalisierung“ klang im Koalitionsvertrag ja erst mal ganz gut, wurde dann aber ganz schön herunter gebrochen und erweist sich als weniger frei als gedacht, was ja auch egal ist. Denn: wer bisher irgendwo kiffen wollte, hat das im Regelfall eh getan. Vielleicht nicht dirket vor der nächsten Wache, aber ansonsten hat sich da kaum einer drum geschert. Sei es drum, und mir ist es eh egal, weil ich aus dem Game raus bin, diese interaktive Karte zeigt, wo zukünftig wohl gekifft werden darf. Und wenn es bei euch nicht passen sollte, lade ich euch (nicht alle auf einmal) gerne in meinen Garten ein, hier darf man dann nämlich. So als ganz kleiner Fleck in Potsdam Nord.

Die Ampel-Koalition will Cannabis legalisieren. Allerdings darf auch dann nicht einfach überall in der Öffentlichkeit gekifft werden. Die Karte zeigt, welche Verbotszonen sich aus dem Gesetzentwurf ergeben.

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In der Antarktis gibt es zwischen dem Osten und Westen des Landes Unterschiede von bis zu 15 Stunden. Ähnlich wie bei uns, gibt es in der Antarktis eine Unterscheidung zwischen Sommerzeit und Winterzeit, die jedoch nicht landesweit erfolgt.

(Karte von Phoenix B 1of, via Book of Joe)

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Introducing – Paragraphica!
A camera that takes photos using location data. It describes the place you are at and then converts it into an AI-generated "photo".

See more here: https://t.co/Oh2BZuhRcf
or try to take your own photo here: https://t.co/w9UFjckiF2 pic.twitter.com/23kR2QGzpa

— Bjørn Karmann (@BjoernKarmann) May 30, 2023

Here is shown the depth of different lakes and seas and other things of interest under the water.
From the beach to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench.

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