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It would be fun to see same iso-chronic map for today, 100 years since original. :)

by trymas 11y ago

willvarfar 11y ago
My rough guess is that, if the units were hours, and if concorde still flew, then the map would look much the same?
- omh 11y ago
  I suspect a modern version would have more discontinuities. Areas near airports would be fast to reach, but onward travel from the airports wouldn't be so much faster than 100 years ago. And the oceans would look different - it still takes a long time to reach the mid-atlantic!
  - willvarfar 11y ago
    So travel time doesn't count using a private jet and a parachute?
    - cubancigar11 11y ago
      Even if it counted it won't be the smallest one with the time it will take to get bail in most countries.
  - lucaspiller 11y ago
    Apparently trains are slower now than the used to be, I seem to remember reading something about this being the case even further back too - which isn't really surprising given how many local lines were closed. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-34465170 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-34465170
- mseebach 11y ago
  You don't need the Concorde for that to hold. London to anywhere in Europe in <4 hours, so that's the 5-days bubble. North America was then clearly the best connected part of the world from London, this is probably still true - today New York is 6-7 hours, San Francisco ~11. Honolulu can be done in just over 20 hours. Central Africa is obviously immensely better connected today, due to aviation. I'm pretty sure you can get to any airport served by commercial, scheduled air traffic in Africa in <20 hours, and any airstrip in Africa in the same timeframe if you're willing to charter a plane. India is <10 hours for Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore and Kolkata is reachable in a few more hours connecting from there. All of India is extremely well connected by domestic flights, so <20 hours should hold up fine. For South America, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires is 12 and 14 hours respectively and in Australia, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney are all reachable in <24 hours.

It would be fun to see same iso-chronic map for today, 100 years since original. :)

by trymas 11y ago

It would be fun to see same iso-chronic map for today, 100 years since original. :)

willvarfar 11y ago

My rough guess is that, if the units were hours, and if concorde still flew, then the map would look much the same?

omh 11y ago
I suspect a modern version would have more discontinuities. Areas near airports would be fast to reach, but onward travel from the airports wouldn't be so much faster than 100 years ago. And the oceans would look different - it still takes a long time to reach the mid-atlantic!
- willvarfar 11y ago
  So travel time doesn't count using a private jet and a parachute?
  - cubancigar11 11y ago
    Even if it counted it won't be the smallest one with the time it will take to get bail in most countries.
- lucaspiller 11y ago
  Apparently trains are slower now than the used to be, I seem to remember reading something about this being the case even further back too - which isn't really surprising given how many local lines were closed. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-34465170 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-34465170
mseebach 11y ago
You don't need the Concorde for that to hold. London to anywhere in Europe in <4 hours, so that's the 5-days bubble. North America was then clearly the best connected part of the world from London, this is probably still true - today New York is 6-7 hours, San Francisco ~11. Honolulu can be done in just over 20 hours. Central Africa is obviously immensely better connected today, due to aviation. I'm pretty sure you can get to any airport served by commercial, scheduled air traffic in Africa in <20 hours, and any airstrip in Africa in the same timeframe if you're willing to charter a plane. India is <10 hours for Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore and Kolkata is reachable in a few more hours connecting from there. All of India is extremely well connected by domestic flights, so <20 hours should hold up fine. For South America, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires is 12 and 14 hours respectively and in Australia, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney are all reachable in <24 hours.