The New Scientist published an article with a series of visually compelling maps that show the most interconnected and remote places on earth.
The model used for the maps calculated how long it would take to travel to the nearest city of 50,000 or more people by land or water. The model combines information on terrain and access to road, rail and river networks. It also considers how factors such as altitude, steepness of terrain and hold-ups like border crossings slow travel.
A few interesting points:
Less than 10% of the world's land is more than 48 hours of ground-based travel from the nearest city. In the Amazon, for example, extensive river networks and an increasing number of roads mean that only 20 per cent of the land is more than two days from a city - around the same proportion as Canada's Quebec province.
The winner of the world's most remote place is... the Tibetan plateau. From there, it's a three-week trip to the cities of Lhasa or Korla - one day by car and the remaining 20 on foot.
More amazing maps and visuals here.
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