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      <h1>Connectivity Atlas</h1>
	<p>Infrastructure connects us and defines us. The roads, pipelines and Internet cables that deliver our services also shape our opportunities, our vulnerabilities, and our identities. Political and geographic maps abound - yet there are few useful, elegant maps of the complex infrastructure that ties us. The Connectivity Atlas invites you to explore the shapes and lines that advance our global connectedness. We believe that great insight lies in these maps.</p>
        <p>This is foremost a data project. It is frustratingly difficult to find usable geodata on infrastructure. This is surprising given the significant public and private resources that go toward building and maintaining this infrastructure. All of the <a href="../data/">data on the Connectiviy Atlas</a> is open and available for reuse. We invite you to participate by sharing and suggesting data to add.</p>
        <p>The Connectivity Atlas was inspired by conversations between <a href="http://paragkhanna.com/">Parag Khanna</a> and <a href="https://developmentseed.org/">Developement Seed</a>.
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      <h1>Connectivity Atlas</h1>
	<p>Infrastructure connects and defines us. The roads, pipelines and Internet cables that deliver our services also shape our opportunities, our vulnerabilities and our identities. Political maps abound, yet there are few useful, elegant maps of the complex layering of transportation, energy and communications infrastructures that unite us. </p>

        <p>The Connectivity Atlas invites you explore the lines that advance our global connectedness. All of the data contained in this Atlas is open and available for reuse. Suggestions and contributions of additional datasets to include are welcome. </p>

        <p>This project represents a collaboration between DevSeed, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab, and Dr. Parag Khanna, author of <a href="http://www.paragkhanna.com/connectography"><i>Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization</i></a></p>
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