Date: 2005-12-12 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rebelprince26.livejournal.com
wait, what? that's where there are planes flying all over North America? That's kind of creepy.

Date: 2005-12-12 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zedinbed.livejournal.com
Uhh yeah. That looks like way too many airplanes for no mid-air collisions. :\

Actually, the dots are probably not in proportion. :p

Date: 2005-12-12 12:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c9.livejournal.com
Yeah, I think they're at least 1km across, to scale.
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Date: 2005-12-12 01:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c9.livejournal.com
But Canada's flights are on there. I suspect that the USA and Canada must be part of this system, but Mexico is not?

Date: 2005-12-12 02:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com
Are you sure they're Canadian airlines, and not US airlines taking polar routes through Canadian airspace.

Date: 2005-12-12 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c9.livejournal.com
True, I have no proof. It just appeared to be enough dots in unusual spots in our airspace. Certainly there's enough of a cluster on Toronto and Vancouver to indicate Canadian data, I think.

Date: 2005-12-12 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com
Odd. I actually read the data such that it looked like most of the dots over Canada looked to be coming down towards the east coast of the US from Asia and Europe. Maybe it is US airlines, and the dots around YYZ and YVR US flights landing in those cities? Now I'm curious...where did you get the image from?

Date: 2005-12-12 03:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com
Nope. You're right. There is data on Canadian flights in there.

Date: 2005-12-12 03:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com
Wait. Is "is data" or "are data" grammatically correct?

Date: 2005-12-12 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c9.livejournal.com
Technically, it's one datum and multiple data.

Date: 2005-12-12 03:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com
Thanks. I’m going to use that as my new grammar pet peeve. I’m sure my friends and coworkers will find it to be a refreshing change from hearing me nitpick about their use of “less” when they really mean “fewer”.

Date: 2005-12-12 03:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com
Duh. Never mind. Just saw the URL.

Date: 2005-12-12 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jdhorner.livejournal.com
the site i have been looking for!!

:: bows down ::

Date: 2005-12-12 11:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bartok.livejournal.com
I didn't realize that North America needed so much

Date: 2005-12-12 02:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jamincan.livejournal.com
I have a Star Alliance screensaver which, in the same vein as this website, shows all the flights of Star Alliance member airlines at a specific time and date across the globe. It's quite fascinating to see the sudden surge of traffic around a hub just before dawn, or all the flights from Europe to North America following the switch from night to day.

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