Remove Redundant Points (Illustrator Script)
A better alternative to Illustrator’s Simplify Path command for the cartographers among us.
![Kármán vortex street from the Juan Fernández Islands
“A Kármán vortex street […] is a term in fluid dynamics for a repeating pattern of swirling vortices caused by the unsteady separation of flow of a fluid over bluff bodies. It […] is responsible for such phenomena as the ‘singing’ of suspended telephone or power lines, and the vibration of a car antenna at certain speeds.”](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/milesbarger/6275534840/1/tumblr_lmel0qFJnJ1qz4m1b)
Kármán vortex street from the Juan Fernández Islands
“A Kármán vortex street […] is a term in fluid dynamics for a repeating pattern of swirling vortices caused by the unsteady separation of flow of a fluid over bluff bodies. It […] is responsible for such phenomena as the ‘singing’ of suspended telephone or power lines, and the vibration of a car antenna at certain speeds.”
Axel Sigurðarson, 2011
Joan Fontcuberta, from Orogenesis Derain, 2011
Paintings (Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne), rather than maps, were fed into a 3D cartographic modeling program, i.e. this is not a photograph. (via / source)
All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
“A series of films about how humans have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don’t realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.” Created by Adam Curtis.
Episode 1: Love and Power
Cymatics Experiment (via)
David Wicks, Jacob’s Cave, 2010
David Wicks, Drawing Water, 2011
“Each line in a print corresponds to a daily rainfall measurement. The length of the line and its initial placement are determined by the amount of rainfall measured and where it fell. The final placement and color of each line are determined by the influence of urban water consumers. The more water a city uses, the stronger its pull on the rainfall. As rainfall is pulled farther from where it fell, it changes color from blue to black.”
