I made maps that show time instead of space

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Václav Volhejn explains how he built maps that show time instead of space, warping the map to reflect travel time. He walks through the design problems of making such a map.

HN rates the author's own walkthrough as a good look at how the spacetime map was built.

“video about building this map is pretty interesting”

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@freetonik2025 · in “Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time”
Author’s video about building this map is pretty interesting ▶ this video
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@vvolhejn2024 · in “Maps that show time instead of space”
Yes! The fact that isochrones become circles is one of my favorite things about this. I also discuss this in the video (▶ this video) I made about these.