Created by graphic engineer Patricio Gonzalez Vivo, the animated map gives a sky-high view of the city's hustle and bustle, capturing cars cruising along streets and lights buzzing on and off in buildings. Vivo, who created the project for open source mapping lab Mapzen, applied mathematical functions to street data to create the animated scene. — The Real Deal
Vivo's mapping isn't limited to New York City: you can input a variety of different cities, from Aachen to Zemun, and get a hypnotizing 3D view. Here's a view of downtown Los Angeles:
And a view of London (with the black, mostly data-less swath of the Thames cutting through):
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is there actually any data here?
i see animated building mass and heights and roads (same animated pattern goes from roads to park paths...)
not that it isnt lovely.
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