How Google Will Help You Avoid Black Friday Crowds
The site has updated its Popular Times feature, which shows how crowded shops and restaurants are based on user trends.
Maps
What Is $100 Really Worth in Your State?
The following map, which shows the real value of $100 in each state, mostly connects hard data to the things we already knew about life; areas with big cities are more expensive than more rural areas
These Images of Central Park in Other Cities Will Startle You
Central Park is approximately two-and-a-half miles long and a half-mile wide, totaling 843 acres. If you’re like me, and understand size more easily through visual comparison, then those numbers may not mean much. So in order to better understand the park’s true size, I used mapping software to create an outline of Central Park that I could move around the globe. To those more familiar with the park’s massive size, these maps may provide a yardstick by which they can grasp the scale of other places. To those less familiar, these comparisons may put into perspective how truly huge the park is.
