sirvalence: Area Code Evolution

Carl Klutzke (

sirvalence) wrote,
@ 2008-12-05 09:13:00

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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.

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	bskiles 2008-12-05 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	Fascinating stuff. Did you see "The Civil War In Four Minutes"? http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/the-civil-war-in-four-minutes (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sirvalence 2008-12-06 10:45 am UTC (link)
	I hadn't seen that, very shiny. (And yet, kind of sad.) (I hadn't seen IDKWTF before. Oh boy, it looks like there are LOTS of things to waste my time there. Thanks?) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	princejvstin 2008-12-05 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	Ah yes. I remember when 212 was split in NYC. There were howls of protest. (Reply to this)