Is This Data Visualization Glorious or Disturbing or Both?
Michael Markieta is a transportation planner who developed this visualisation of global flight paths.
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Michael Markieta is a transportation planner who developed this visualisation of global flight paths. See more visualizations here. So what does it all mean? Read interpretations from data visualisation experts, philosophers and art critics assembled by the BBC here.
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