>It seems like you're unaware of one of the major seeling points of the
>Terra Vision project, and that is that it's capable of displaying -any-
>data set which is somehow connected to geography. Which includes borders,
>temperature, cloud layers, military mobilizations (;)), percentage of
>population over a given area which drinks Coca Cola, plus historical
>data as well.
Not only that, but it allows one to (try) to put it into perspective: start
from a global view of Coca Cola drinkers, and zoom zoom zoom in until you
see the Coke on your desk - kind of makes you feel like you don't drink
enough of the stuff...
Remember Douglas Adams' Total Perspective Vortex (the one that should have
melted Zaphod Beeblebrox's brain)? Maybe if the display interface were
advanced a little bit we might get a sense of our place on this "tiny"
planet. My guess is that it would shrink a few egos.
Ethan.