Metrocosm has created an interesting animated map of 24 hours worth of traffic on the U.S. Interstate Highway System. The US Highway Map visualizes an average day's traffic on the highways past times hr of the day.
The elementary visual metaphor used inwards this map is that the U.S. Interstate Highway System resembles the human circulatory system. As the map plays through an average day's traffic y'all tin uncovering how the arteries buy the farm blocked at times of high route usage.
The information for the map is from the Department of Transportation. The map itself was custom made inwards WebGL alongside a piffling assistance from Three.js in addition to D3.js. The map is genuinely inwards 3d so, if y'all want, y'all tin rotate the map past times left clicking on the map in addition to dragging it around. You tin likewise role your mouse's scroll cycle to zoom inwards & out on the map.
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