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Data in the map above is sourced to the IAEA. The map uses current political boundaries.
Data showing the percentage of electricity that nuclear power contributes to each countries' total electricity production is only available from 1985-2010.
*Under construction only represents countries currently building nuclear power plants that previously had none
Runner and Spectators can use the map to find locations around the course. Use the interactive Timeline Bar to find out when lead runners go past. Streetview is available now to view the location also.
Look out for Crowd Density Mapping - live on the race day
Historypin - Streetview with History *Historypin was built with Google and they provided invaluable support throughout the process.
update: Nice introduction to HistoryPin with this video.
"Historypin is a online tool that acts as a digital time machine, allowing people to view and share history in a totally new way."
Sharing Past memories and important events with Google Streetview and Historical Photography display correctly in 4D space.
"Historypin invites the public to dig out, upload and pin their own old photos, as well as thestories behind them, onto the Historypin map. Uniquely, Historypin allows users to layertheir old images onto modern Street View scenes, revealing a series of windows into thepast." http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/generations/ Interactive Timeline One of the most useful tools for finding historical photographs is the interactive timeline that can span as far back as 1840's.
Use the time-line interactive slider to find more recent or past photographs whilst in the map/streetview mode. Using Google Maps and Street View technology, Historypin aims to become the largest user-generated archive of the world’s historical images and stories.
The site invites the public to dig out, upload and pin their own old photos, as well as the stories behind them, onto the Historypin map. Uniquely, Historypin allows users to layer their old images onto modern Street View scenes, revealing a series of windows into the past.
Runner and Spectators can use the map to find locations around the course. Use the interactive Timeline Bar to find out when lead runners go past. Streetview is available now to view the location also.
Look out for Crowd Density Mapping - live on the race day
Using the time-line can narrow down dated maps for display in a particular city More than one map can be overlaid and opacity can be controlled for each individual map.
Rome has many old maps - worth checking out.
Note: There are option for 3D (GoogleEarth Browser plugin required) however the old map tiles do not seem to appear in the 3D version.
"Time Navigator can animate any ESRI Shapefile with pointgeometry and a timestamp field. The timestamp fields can be date, numeric or textual. Time Navigator is developed as a custom task for ArcGIS Explorer build 410 and can be downloaded from downloaded from ArcScripts (source code is included)." mrrichie