Shiny Things - December 5th, 2008

09:13 am - Area Code Evolution

In a ongoing search for standards for displaying international telephone numbers (upshot: there pretty much aren't any), I stumbled upon this animated map that shows the change in distribution of US telephone area codes from 1947 to 2002. It's a fascinating display of the increase in telecommunications density.

There are lots of other interesting maps on the site. I apologize in advance for destroying reubeneater's productivity for the day.