5.09.2013

Timelapse

It's been quite a long time since I had a google maps-related post, but this is pretty cool.

TIMELAPSE

'Timelapse' is basically a google maps that cycles through time from 1984-2011, for any area you choose.  So you can see environmental changes, urban growth around your hometown, or any other long-term trend you can think of that shows up on satellite imagery.  There are some neat presets, but just searching around is interesting as well.  For example, how did a giant lake just appear SW of Los Angeles in 2000?  Chapel Hill/Durham really do seem to have grown.  And watching Chernobyl grow back over is kind of neat.