these nice maps from telegeography, both in terms of of content as well as the graphical representation, say a lot about internet use, availability and demandas well as the dangerous situation of leaving entire regions unconnected behind.

Was watching Dubai’s progress in building their ‘own’ world and growing from teh desert into the sea, as the Nakheel Copration labels it ‘Where vision inspires humanity’.

At least on google earth you can see that while some islands are still being ‘washed ashore’ by Dutch Van Oord company while some other islands are already fully developed.