Kevin Thom Photography Blog » google http://blog.kevinthom.com Tips, thoughts and ideas about the world of photography Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:47:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Plotting my China trip http://blog.kevinthom.com/2009/12/plotting-my-china-trip/ http://blog.kevinthom.com/2009/12/plotting-my-china-trip/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:53:53 +0000 Kevin Thom http://blog.kevinthom.com/?p=770 Similar Posts
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]]> I found a website that calculates distances on Google Maps. I thought this might be a cool way to visualize the my trip to China.

It shows the distance traveled as being about 32,681 km (including flights to and from Toronto), but I’m sure it was more than that. The distances were “as the crow flies,” so didn’t account for the winding, weaving roads and railroads between places. The trip started with a flight in to Shanghai, located around the center of the image, and ended when I left Hong Kong to return to Toronto. Looking at this stark map, it brings to mind vivid memories of those places and experiences represented by the magenta pins and lines.

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