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Quantimentals, signal surfing and fast walkers: mapping the rise of weird data

  • Written by Paul X. McCarthy, Adjunct Professor, UNSW Australia
imageAn increasingly diverse array of geospatial, network and time-series data is being used to generate new perspectives and insights. Here we see air traffic in England and Wales visualised over satellite images.https://www.flickr.com/photos/natspressoffice/, CC BY-SA

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