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The Multidimensional Magic of Modern Maps | Peter Wilczynski | TED

Maps have long helped us understand the world — now, they can help us shape it. Digital cartographer Peter Wilczynski introduces the Living Globe: a real-time, data-rich digital twin of Earth that fuses satellite imagery, sensor data and AI. Watch for a glimpse of the future of maps — and learn how these new tools…

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August 15, 2025

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@AdvantestInc

August 15, 2025 at 11:01 am

Incredible to see maps evolve from static guides to living, dynamic systems that can shape decision-making in real time.

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@sanatniboy701

August 15, 2025 at 11:08 am

I’m become fast ⏩

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@mfaxyz

August 15, 2025 at 11:32 am

The main question, How can I access Maxar live data? You guys don’t even answer my email message :/

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@Hollywood041

August 15, 2025 at 11:40 am

I think this was an amazing idea that did not get conveyed well. There is way more potential here than what was said.

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@hows-tohack

August 15, 2025 at 11:46 am

These dialogues help me a lot to become more fluent in English 😊

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- @asherixba7046
  
  August 15, 2025 at 1:39 pm
  
  Nice!
  
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@calmb4thestorm17

August 15, 2025 at 6:49 pm

United Sa✝️anic Alliance (U.S.A.)

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@twoyuber

August 15, 2025 at 8:08 pm

uh what

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@AnnieB-v8j

August 15, 2025 at 9:33 pm

And if we are allowed to see this, imagine what is going on out of sight! 😨

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@zhubayeva

August 15, 2025 at 11:53 pm

I studying become a cadastre now and in the future I want to do maps like this and become a perfect specialist

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@Epic-so3ek

August 16, 2025 at 2:02 pm

Idk why I thought maps were still just static images lol, except google maps being the only exception 😂

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@DianaHernandez-lq9pl

August 16, 2025 at 7:40 pm

The voice on Google GPS was from a woman named Karen.

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@NinguémFicaRicoàToa

August 17, 2025 at 2:57 am

o cuidado que temos que tomar é para não achar o que vemos uma verdade absoluta. Isso requer atividade pro-ativa o tempo todo.

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@bilawalsidhu

August 17, 2025 at 12:01 pm

Peter is literally creating ChatGPT for Earth. The mirror world is here!

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@AndiDuisburg

August 17, 2025 at 1:51 pm

Just, my thoughts. There could be so much improvement in such an important matter like fighting wildfires by the usage of data and automated response mechanisms. Why not?

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@nyanderfulnyaos

August 17, 2025 at 7:35 pm

🇿🇦

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@ExistentialWolf

August 17, 2025 at 7:40 pm

maps became popular in the eighties with advances in computer printers … they came after road signs and even graffiti. Old maps were told, so they look weird. Screen maps are fun when you can move the origin of perspective like britanica used to have, now-days maps are locked to fool speculation.

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@quaidcarlobulloch9300

August 18, 2025 at 12:55 am

Well done and made!

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Why Taskrabbit’s Founder Prioritizes Diversity Early │ Build Mode Podcast

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Apple at 50: Sharing Our Biggest Apple Memories

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0:15 CNET reporters share their favorite Apple memories
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1:02 Transporting a Mac Classic across campus on a bike
1:15 Scott Stein takes a PowerBook 145 to college
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2:05 Faith Chihil bought an iPod with a click wheel in 2021 and uses it today
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2:43 Bridget Carey holds off on buying the first iPhones
2:48 iPhone 3Gs was Bridget Carey’s first Apple purchase
3:00 Vanessa Hand Orellana stands in line for iPhone 3s
3:26 Patrick Holland accidentally. became the face of the Apple Store
3:56 Bridget Carey starts her job at CNET in 2011
4:07 Bridget Carey goes to the Apple Store to cover the death of Steve Jobs
4:21 Patrick Holland watched fans pay tribute to Steve Jobs by leaving notes at the Apple Store
4:52 Patrick Holland describes working at the Apple Store
5:06 Iyaz Akhtar waits in line at the Soho Apple Store for Mac OS X Leopard
5:35 Bridget Carey remembers reporting on crazy lines for Apple product launch days
5:43 Vanessa Hand Orellana remembers reporting from iPhone lines
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6:36 Apple releases a fix to delete the U2 album from your phone
6:44 Russell Holly’s iPhone 6 bendgate
6:55 Scott Stein wears AirPods for the first time and becomes a meme
7:25 The very first Apple Watch demo underwhelms Vanessa Hand Orellana
7:37 Vanessa Hand Orellana watches Tim Cook announce the very first Apple Watch
8:05 Apple Watch Series 4 changes Vanessa Hand Orellana’s opinion on the Apple Watch
8:15 Apple Watch’s pivotal move into health tech and EKG
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8:55 Bridget Carey wants to know how Apple impacted your life

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