Small World

Came across this data put together by researchers at European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, and the World Bank that mapped out how long it would take to travel to the nearest city of 50,000 or more people by land or water. Most of the world is accessible in under 24 hours, even places one wouldn't expect. I found two the of the maps particularly interesting the first map illustrated the web of roads that have consumed our planet and the second the railway network. These maps really put into perspective a view of our Earth I know I didn't have prior to looking at them.