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"path": "/posts/tumblr-musings/where-on-the-web",
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"tags": [
"code",
"geo",
"gist",
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"title": "Where on the Web",
"publishedAt": "2009-04-21T01:55:00.000Z",
"textContent": "{{< figure src=\"where-on-the-web.jpg\" alt=\"A terrain map of the earth over the Atlantic, showing red dots moving between the UK and other places on earth\" >}}\n\nWhere On The Web is aliiiiive!\n\nI built it, and it appears to work averagely well. You can see the code in the gist on github and soon there will be a mini-video online showing you how it all works. In the meanwhile, just enjoy the pretty colours :D\n\nI’ve uploaded a snapshot[^1] of the whole window for you to ogle at too.\n\nIf you want to play with the code, get ruby installed and then just do:\n\nor follow the advice here.\n\nThen download the code from the gist, find an equirectangular map of the earth, call it map.jpg and then run:\n\n(There are more details in the gist) - Enjoy!\n\n[^1]: Import note: Sadly this image has been lost.",
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