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Air traffic visualisation

Air traffic visualisation

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This image is part of the feature Art Of Data

Credit: AARON KOBLIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Air traffic visualisation. Computer artwork of air traffic over New York State, USA. This image is one frame from an animation of air traffic over a 24-hour period. Air traffic data from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was plotted using a programming language called Processing and animated using Adobe After Effects and Maya. New York city is indicated by a red dot. The full animation reveals up to 19,000 aircraft flying over the USA at any one time. Created by Aaron Koblin, design and media arts researcher, University of California, USA.

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