January 8, 2016 1:21PM 

# The Best Map You Will See Today (cont.) 

By [Marian L. Tupy](https://www.cato.org/people/marian-l-tupy) 

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Some of you may have seen my December 2 [post](https://www.cato.org/blog/best-map-you-will-see-today) showing an “isochronic” map of the world. The map visualized the length of time it took to get from London to anywhere else in the world in 1914. More recently, the good folks at The Telegraph have [updated](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12087722/Heat-map-shows-how-the-world-has-shrunk-for-travellers-1914-v-2016.html) the original 1914 map with 2016 data. To give just one example, it took five days to reach the East Coast of the United States in 1914. Today, it takes half-a-day.

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