☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 5 days agoGoogle Maps view, same zoom level shows the difference in infrastructure as seen "from space" between USA and Chinalemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down11cross-posted to: sino@hexbear.net
arrow-up163arrow-down1imageGoogle Maps view, same zoom level shows the difference in infrastructure as seen "from space" between USA and Chinalemmygrad.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to China@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: sino@hexbear.net
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 days agoI don’t know if you can glean much from this without looking into exactly how Google Maps displays specific types of roads in each country. If you drew a map of every road in both countries they might look more similar.
minus-squaremkkhan@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days agoI work in GIS and based on some exploration, it seems that zoom level shows only roads tagged as freeways. So in this case it literally is just a straight up win over US infrastructure.
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoare “highways” considered freeways by Google Maps?
I don’t know if you can glean much from this without looking into exactly how Google Maps displays specific types of roads in each country. If you drew a map of every road in both countries they might look more similar.
I work in GIS and based on some exploration, it seems that zoom level shows only roads tagged as freeways.
So in this case it literally is just a straight up win over US infrastructure.
are “highways” considered freeways by Google Maps?