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Το αποτύπωμά της Τεχνολογίας πάνω στη Γη

Παγκόσμιοι χάρτες παρουσιάζουν την ανθρώπινη επίδραση στη Γη

Canadian anthropologist Felix Pharand has created a series of computer-generated images that highlight the spread of technology on Earth. Here air-traffic routes between North America and Europe are shown on a satellite image of the Atlantic.

Canadian anthropologist Felix Pharand has created a series of computer-generated images that highlight the spread of technology on Earth. Here air-traffic routes between North America and Europe are shown on a satellite image of the Atlantic.

Ο Καναδός ανθρωπολόγος Felix Pharand έχει δημιουργήσει μια σειρά από εικόνες παραγόμενες σε υπολογιστή που φανερώνουν την εξάπλωση της τεχνολογίας στη Γη. Εδώ φαίνονται τα εναέριας κυκλοφορίας δρομολόγια μεταξύ Βόρειας Αμερικής και Ευρώπης σε μια δορυφορική εικόνα του Ατλαντικού.

Major road and rail networks in Europe, along with transmission lines and underwater cables are superimposed above the continent's cities illuminated at night.

Major road and rail networks in Europe, along with transmission lines and underwater cables are superimposed above the continent’s cities illuminated at night.

Σημαντικά δίκτυα οδικών και σιδηροδρομικών μεταφορών στην Ευρώπη, μαζί με τις γραμμές μεταφοράς και υποβρύχια καλώδια, υπερτίθενται στις φωτισμένες τη νύχτα πόλεις της ηπείρου.

Shipping lanes funnel into major ports along the U.S. coast. Pharand used government sources like the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for data to piece together the visualizations.

Shipping lanes funnel into major ports along the U.S. coast. Pharand used government sources like the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for data to piece together the visualizations.

Θαλάσσιες οδοί συγχωνεύονται σε σημαντικά λιμάνια κατά μήκος της ακτής των ΗΠΑ. Ο Pharand χρησιμοποίησε κυβερνητικές πηγές, όπως η Εθνική Υπηρεσία (Γεωχωρικών;) Geospatial Πληροφοριών και η Εθνική Υπηρεσία Ωκεανών και Ατμόσφαιρας για να συγκεντρώσει τα δεδομένα των απεικονίσεων.

Pharand is the founding director of Globaia, an organization that aims to highlight the impact of human activities on the world. This image shows man-made technologies in Africa.

Pharand is the founding director of Globaia, an organization that aims to highlight the impact of human activities on the world. This image shows man-made technologies in Africa.

Ο Pharand είναι ο ιδρυτικός διευθυντής της Globaia, μιας οργάνωσης που στοχεύει να αναδείξει τις επιπτώσεις των ανθρώπινων δραστηριοτήτων στον πλανήτη. Αυτή η εικόνα δείχνει τις τεχνολογικές εφαρμογές στην Αφρική

The Indian Ocean comes alive with electric blue shipping lane trails. Pharand's visualizations come in the same week as the U.N. says that global population figures are set to reach seven billion.

The Indian Ocean comes alive with electric blue shipping lane trails. Pharand’s visualizations come in the same week as the U.N. says that global population figures are set to reach seven billion. 

Οι  τις ναυτιλιακές ρότες του Ινδικού Ωκεανού ζωντανεύουν σε μονοπάτια μπλε- ηλεκτρικ. Οι απεικονίσεις του Pharand έγιναν την ίδια εβδομάδα που ο ΟΗΕ ανακοίνωσε ότι το σύνολο του πληθυσμού της Γης πρόκειται να φθάσει τα επτά δισεκατομμύρια.

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Technology footprint on Earth

(CNN) — On the last day of October 2011, the U.N. says the world population will hit seven billion people — an increase of one billion since 1999. (: Ο υπερπληθυσμός και το αδιαχώρητο είναι το μεγαλύτερο πρόβλημα που αντιμετωπίζει η ανθρωπότητα. Και έχει ημερομηνία λήξης).

To show some of the impacts of this vast human upheaval, Canadian anthropologist Felix Pharand has created a series of visualizations mapping the presence of technology onto a selection of satellite images showing the Earth from space.

U.N.: World can ‘thrive’ as population reaches 7 billion

Using data from a range of sources, including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the World Meteorological Organization, the images depict a sprawl of air traffic routes, the underwater cables that carry the internet, road and rail networks, pipelines, shipping lanes and electricity transmission lines.

«These images are illustrations of how far we have come at transforming our home planet,» said Pharand, who is founder-director of Globaia — an environmental education organization based in Quebec.

«It shows a human-dominated planet where wilderness areas are shrinking and where the habitats of other species are decreasing in size,» he added.

According to the U.N. Population Fund, it took the whole of human history until the early 19th century to reach a population of one billion people, and it was not until 1927 that the figure doubled to two billion.

Now, the U.N. calculates that the global population will reach nine billion by 2050 and, by the end of the century, it says there could be up to 16 billion people on the planet.

«We humans have become a major force of operation on the biosphere. My goal is to foster global awareness of these issues by changing people’s worldviews,» said Pharand.

«The strength of these images is, I think, the fact that they are wordless and global, and their overall meaning can be grasped instantly by almost anyone without having to describe them with labels and legend.»

Πηγή: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/28/tech/world-population-boom/index.html?iref=allsearch

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