KEY MAPS ON CONNECTIVITY
WorldMap | Energy ; ICT ; Transport
This interactive map builds on the global infrastructure networks depicted in Parag Khanna’s 2016 book Connectography - Mapping the Future of Global Civilization. Users can select from different overlays per sector -- high-speed rail under the Transport, for example -- to customize the map visualization according to the research or inquiry needs. Users can also choose from different base maps, ranging from Google Roadmap to ESRI World Street Map. The transportation, energy, and communication vectors displayed here are compiled from various sources. This website is a joint collaboration between Parag Khanna and Jeff Blossom.
Source : WorldMap
DevelopmentSeed ; the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab ; Dr. Parag Khanna | Energy ; ICT ; Transport
The Connectivity Atlas is a collaboration between DevelopmentSeed, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab, and Dr. Parag Khanna, author of Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization. This interactive map enables users to see the lines of connectivity in transportation, energy, and communications sectors. Users are also able to access the original data sources with which this interactive map is created.
Source : DevelopmentSeed ; the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab ; Dr. Parag Khanna
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Trade
This static “night lights” map by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) enables users to clearly identify the key nodes of economic activities in the world. By comparing maps from different years, users are able to obtain a better sensing of how human-driven patterns and processes influence global trade over time.
Source : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Adventures in Mapping | Trade
Created by cartographer John Nelson using the “Earth at Night” maps by NASA, this static map compares the global mosaic of the Earth’s night-lights in 2012 and in 2016. The color blue represents places wherein lights had become brighter, while pink represents places wherein lights had dimmed.
Source : Adventures in Mapping
Chatham House | Trade
This interactive map was developed by Chatham House to enable users to explore the dynamics of international trade in natural resources for more than 200 countries and territories over a span of 15 years (2000 - 2015). The trade data, owned by the Chatham House Resource Trade Database (CHRTD), includes monetary values and masses of trade in over 1,350 different types of natural resources and resource products.
Source : Chatham House
FleetMon | Transport
This interactive map by FleetMon enables users to monitor and record all vessel traffic in the world. The red dots represent vessels tracked by satellites, while the green dots represent vessels tracked by terrestrial AIS. Users must subscribe to a free account to access basic schedules, port calls, tracks, and statistics for up to 15 minutes a day. For more sophisticated tracking functions, users can subscribe to the various paid plans on offer.
Source : FleetMon
Flightradar24 | Transport
This interactive map by Flightradar24 enables users to track global flights live both on their computers and their smartphones. Users are able to identify, by clicking on any plane icon, the flight number, destination, model, and flight details. Users may also access live information on airports that are currently experiencing flight delays.
Source : Flightradar24
Globaïa | Transport
This static map by Globaïa, a Canadian non-profit organization, shows the global transportation system. Cities are indicated by yellow; roads by green; shipping routes by blue; and flight networks in white.
Source : Globaïa
Harvard’s Center for International Development | Trade
This interactive map by Harvard’s Center for International Development enables users to visualize a country’s total trade, track how trade dynamics change over time, and explore growth opportunities for more than a hundred countries worldwide. The Atlas can answer questions such as: - What does a country import and export? - How has its trade evolved over time? - What are the drivers of export growth? - Which new industries are likely to emerge in a given geography? - Which are likely to disappear? - What are the GDP growth prospects of a given country in the next 5-10 years, based on its productive capabilities?
Harvard’s Center for International Development | Trade
Managed by Harvard’s Center for International Development and built upon the Atlas of Economic Complexity, this interactive tool maps out the entire world production of goods to create an economic landscape of countries around the world. Each dot on the map represents US$100 million of trade, while each color represents an industry.
MIT Media Lab | Trade
Created in 2010 by Alexander Simoes for his Master Thesis in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, this interactive tool allows users to quickly compose a visual trade narrative about countries and the products these countries exchange. Users are able to access more than 50 years of trade data and to create different visualizations by varying the interface. For example, users can opt for a “Tree Map” or a “Geo Map” depending on whether they want the data to be displayed from a country perspective or a product perspective.
Source : MIT Media Lab
TeleGeography | ICT
This interactive map of submarine cables around the world is provided by TeleGeography. Users can zoom in and out to view detailed views of the submarine cables that land in each country. Users can search by the name of the submarine cables, by landing points, or by country. The Ready-For-Service (RFS) year, cable length, owners, and URL of each submarine cable are also available.
Source : TeleGeography
TeleGeography | ICT
This interactive map by TeleGeography shows all active international and domestic telecommunications submarine cables that are either: (i) under consortium ownership; (ii) under private ownership; or (iii) announced ready for service by December 2015. The map also shows, using different colour coding, a country’s ability to sustain submarine cable faults (its resilience).
Source : TeleGeography
TeleGeography | ICT
This interactive map by TeleGeography enables users to identify telecommunications submarine cables in the Middle East in 2016. It shows the Internet bandwidth connected to the Middle East as of 2015, and the region’s combined inbound and outbound international TDM and VoIP traffic as of 2014.
Source : TeleGeography
TeleGeography | ICT
This interactive map by TeleGeography enables users to identify telecommunications submarine cables in Latin America in 2012. Users are able to find out information pertaining to users penetration, used international bandwidth, and prices on this map.
Source : TeleGeography
TeleGeography | ICT
This interactive map by TeleGeography enables users to identify telecommunications submarine cables in Asia Pacific in 2012. Users are able to find out information pertaining to users penetration, used international bandwidth, and prices on this map.
Source : TeleGeography
TeleGeography | ICT
This interactive map by TeleGeography provides users with information on global Internet capacity, Internet Exchange counts, and IP transit prices in 2017.
Source : TeleGeography
Quartz | ICT
Created with data from TeleGeography, this interactive map by Quartz shows how underwater cables have developed since 1990. The accompanying article briefly explains why Internet giants such as Facebook, Microsoft, and Google are now the largest funders of projects to construct new submarine cables – because they consume so much bandwidth that they require dedicated connections across the ocean.
Source : Quartz
DHL | Transport
This static map provides a snapshot of the world’s top cities with the largest absolute international flows of trade, capital, people and information, according to the results from DHL’s Global Connectedness Index 2016.
Source : DHL
Center for Strategic & International Studies | Transport
A product of the Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab, the in-house digital, multimedia, and design agency at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Reconnecting Asia maps new transport linkages – roads, railways, seaports – that are reshaping global economic and geopolitical realities
