I am sure you all use social networking (facebook, twitter etc etc!).
Here is a map which shows the locality of friendship - i.e. where people live relative to friends on facebook. Paul Butler was interested in seeing how geography and political borders affected where people lived relative to their friends. The lines you see in the in the map show real human relationships. Each line might represent a friendship made while travelling, a family member abroad, or an old college friend pulled away by the various forces of life.
A very interesting map that shows how Geography links to Social networking.... not just grid references and rivers! ;)
Ref: Visualising Friendships by Paul Butler. Seen originally from the BBC News website: Fa
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