Wind Map

[naurae29]

This is hypnotizing: http://hint.fm/wind/index.html

[Ken Jennings]

Ha, posted that on Twitter yesterday. My new favorite map, I could watch it for hours.

[skullturfq]

I'm gonna share it with my Calculus III students when we do vector fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_field

[Paucle]

I'm gonna share it with my Calculus III students when we do vector fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_field

PLEASE tell me you have a student named Victor!

[Muskrat]

I'm gonna share it with my Calculus III students when we do vector fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_field

Is it true that a closed loop path in a continuous vector field produces no net work? Because I've been repeating that like a mantra since sophomore year of college and, like all youthful expressions, it's starting to seem bizarre and meaningless to me.

[marpocky]

I'm gonna share it with my Calculus III students when we do vector fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_field

Is it true that a closed loop path in a continuous vector field produces no net work? Because I've been repeating that like a mantra since sophomore year of college and, like all youthful expressions, it's starting to seem bizarre and meaningless to me.

Not a continuous vector field, but a conservative one.

[Bill]

I'm gonna share it with my Calculus III students when we do vector fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_field

Is it true that a closed loop path in a continuous vector field produces no net work? Because I've been repeating that like a mantra since sophomore year of college and, like all youthful expressions, it's starting to seem bizarre and meaningless to me.

Not a continuous vector field, but a conservative one.

I imagine it's called conservative because it's a "No Spin Zone."

[Ken Jennings]

I imagine it's called conservative because it's a "No Spin Zone."

FTW.

[skullturfq]

Here's something in a similar spirit to the wind map. (Movement of world's ocean currents over a period of time.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEe1bVjORN4

[econgator]

This one's neat, although I wish it was worldwide ... and not 6 years old.

http://flightaware.com/analysis/allflights_movie.rvt