Whereas our interactive submarine cable map is up to date on a rolling foundation, printed editions are unveiled yearly. Every version has a unique theme, and our group all the time tries to out-do final yr’s launch.
Are you able to guess what impressed our newest design?
Should you look carefully, you will discover sea monsters, ornate compass roses, and windrose networks woven in.
Navigators used windrose networks earlier than correct surveys and map projections had been out there. These are collections of crusing paths that navigators may use to chart a path from level A to level B.
In the end a directional matrix of crusing winds, this navigational support was created by overlapping a sequence of compass roses. The ensuing design allowed navigators to generate a “line in fact”—a path to a vacation spot.
The design of those sixteenth century nautical charts (often known as portolan charts) impressed the look of our 2023 Submarine Cable Map.
The design of those sixteenth century nautical charts (often known as portolan charts) impressed the look of our 2023 Submarine Cable Map.
If you would like to study extra about how the 2023 map was designed and produced, take heed to Episode 418 of TeleGeography Explains the Web.
We interview two of the masterminds behind TeleGeography’s Submarine Cable Map—Analysis Analyst Lane Burdette and Designer/Cartographer Larry Lairson—to get into our newest map’s information and design.
