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Hat tip to Olivia Solon, 22 July 11
"The Royal Geographical Society has created online guides to different flight paths, allowing passengers to learn about the parts of the world that they fly over when travelling on commercial airlines.
The Hidden Journeys Project is a Google Maps mashup that aims to transform the "moving-map" that often features on in-flight entertainment systems. These are currently very sparsely populated, with just a few stats relating to the distance travelled, wind speed and time spent in the air. Hidden Journeys adds reference points of interest along the flight path as part of the Society's public engagement programme to turn the international flying experience into an exploration of people, places and the environments below.
Each of the flight paths can be explored at three different altitudes, each illustrated with photographs, paintings and descriptions of what you can see from the air. At ground level you can explore the culture and granular detail of a place, at the mid-altitude you can appreciate the architecture and infrastructure and at the high altitude you can explore the geography and geology of a location...."
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