https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtffmxJmehs

As stated in this NPR article: “The video shows satellite tracking of routes superimposed over Google Earth. It focuses on some of the main choke points for international shipping, such as the Strait of Malacca on the southern tip of Malaysia, Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal. It’s a good reminder that about 90 percent of all the goods traded globally spend at least some of their transit time on a ship.”

Tags: transportation, globalization, diffusion, industry, economic, mapping, video, visualization.

Source: www.youtube.com

Geographic data can be so beautiful…you’ve got to watch this.