Where not to wander?

[Lighthawk]

New York Times just released this map of buildings, from data released by Microsoft.

To get an interactive map, you'll have to go to the article.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Interesting! My house and shop are there. The world gets smaller.

 

[Edgewood]

I love me some Nevada.

 

[dakozicki]

That’s why I left the Bay Area for the Reno area. Unfortunately, too many people are following me.

 

[buckland]

I just found this and I am blown away....to think a few hundred years ago it was a natural paradise....
Reminds me of the SF novel "Caves of Steel"

 

[Lighthawk]

Hey Rob,

Caves of steel? Have to look for that on Kindle!

You are correct to be amazed by the rapid transformation of a continent. The rate of change has yet to be appreciated, I'm afraid.
This is why getting out to see what we have now is so important.

 

[JaSAn]

That is why I don't Wander the East

 

[buckland]

Lighthawk... Caves of Steel.... the premise is a world where all the cities grew until they all touched.... then they slowly covered the cities of the planet within. A world covered. A cave of steel.
Sci Fi seems at time to hit it spot on. In some cases it is a sad foretelling.
When folks say we shouldn't 'save' pristine places .... we might just be making our cave .... that map sure is a
clear indicator we are headed in that direction.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Some times I feel like society is becoming a population of Moties (The Mote in God’s Eye - Larry Pornelle/Jerry Niven) and looking for the mythical Crazy Eddie.

 

[buckland]

One of my old favorites. Then again one day we might be able to discover a Ring World.