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strake
28th May 2013, 06:14
I'm struggling to find either artistic or scientific merit in this obviously quite dedicated exercise. To me it looks like a tarted-up version of one of those equally unreadable "route-maps" you find in in-flight magazines.
Still, someone might be moved emotionally by it....
BBC News - In pictures: Global flight paths (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-22657086)
DaveReidUK
28th May 2013, 06:39
"The busiest airport is Frankfurt International, which has 235 direct flight destinations."
Hmmm.
They use the term 'busiest' a number of times to mean that with the most destinations, rather than frequency of flights.
No longer supported is the Star Alliance screen-saver (http://www.staralliance.com/en/services/tools-and-downloads/screensaver/)which gave you a variation on the theme.
Does anyone know of anything similar?
Nervous SLF
28th May 2013, 09:22
Possibly my eyes but I cannot see any flights from South America to Southern Africa countries or from Australia to South Africa.
Frequency may be a factor too. Neither of the routes you mention are daily.
jackieofalltrades
28th May 2013, 13:29
Possibly my eyes but I cannot see any flights from South America to Southern Africa countries or from Australia to South Africa.
It's your eyes. There are some there, but they're very faint.
strake
28th May 2013, 15:30
Possibly my eyes but I cannot see any flights from South America to Southern Africa countries
There are some there, but they're very faint
Much like me then after I did one in the late 80's to Banjul.
Heathrow Harry
29th May 2013, 12:35
it's an illustration of what you can do with data and is very pretty but it's not meant as an in-depth analysis of world aircraft schedules so let's not get bent out of shape on the details