本帖最后由 人与自然 于 2012-2-12 23:23 编辑
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2051314/The-incredible-diagrams-human-technology-taken-surface-planet.html
地球人口将突破70亿大关,相对于不直观的数字,下面这些经过特殊制作的如蛛网般的卫星图,可以让我们对繁忙拥挤的地球有更为形象的认识。
加拿大人类学家Felix Pharand花费13年时间绘制成的人类活动的宏观图像,无数银色线条蔓延于地球之上,形成纷繁复杂的网状结构,显示出人类文明如何在地球进行扩张。
Felix Pharand根据美国国家地理空间情报局、国家海洋局和大气管理局的数据资料,使用普通计算机制作出这些图像,分为空中交通、地面道路(铁路和公路)、海底光缆网络并叠加了夜晚的城市灯光作为背景。
34岁的Felix Pharand说:“这些图像显示出全球人类活动性的多个侧面,我们能够看到铺设和未铺设的道路、光污染、铁路系统和供电网络。为了展现人类文明的扩张范围,这种蔓生状的地球人类活动迹象显示了人类对地球的影响。”
Felix Pharand 希望更生动地将自己的想法表达出来,并计划以科幻电影中的行星形式展现,但所有图像都是基于人类活动性的真实数据。他指出,我认为这些图像强而有力地显示人类在地球上拓展的程度,如何开拓和改变地球家园。
Felix Pharand 指出,各种交通线路和机场等占据了地球3%的土地,约等于一个印度的面积。
英文原文:These silvery threads stretching around the dark globe create a dramatic spider's web showing the patterns of our global sprawl.The stunning images are the result of 13 years of devotion by Canadian anthropologist Felix Pharand who uses them to show how human technologies such as data cables, aeroplanes and roads are colonising the surface of our planet.Using an ordinary home PC, Pharand input data from agencies such as the Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Atmospheric Administration to create accurate illustrations of how humans have 'domesticated' our planet - superimposing the data on images of the earth's cities lit up at night.
[size=1.2em]Pharand claims three per cent of the planet's land surface is under tarmac - an area the size of India.
Global map showing major road and rail networks over land, along with transmission line and underwater cable data superimposed over satellite images of cities illuminated at night 全球地图的卫星影像显示,陆地上的主要公路、铁路以及电线、海底电缆重重叠叠,城市则是灯火辉煌。
Human technology presence over Africa at night. Road, rail and data transmission lines are highlighted on the map - along with the undersea data cables that connect continents 人类技术在非洲的影响,灯火明亮的城市、连接夜间的公路、铁路和传输线,以及连接各大洲的海底电缆
Air traffic routes across North America and Europe - showing the 'hubs' that connect the world, such as London's Heathrow, JFK in New York and Frankfurt 跨越大西洋的欧美空中交通线
Air traffic routes over Eurasia - just one of the technologies Felix Pharand Deschenes has mapped over a night-time view of our planet 连接亚欧的空中交通线
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2051314/The-incredible-diagrams-human-technology-taken-surface-planet.html#ixzz1mBDfZBf5
|