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From the Ted Talk by Tawanda Kanhema: My journey mapping the uncharted world

Unscramble the Blue Letters


With more than 600 million cell phones in the hands of people between Cape Town and Cairo and centers of innovation in the cities in between, this is achievable. Every single one of those divcees, in the hdnas of a contributor to an open-source mapping platform, becomes a pfwourel source of imagery that forms a vital layer of data on maps.

With virtual maps, mapping is no longer just about cartography. It's become a way to preserve places that are undergoing constant and sometimes datmaric change. High-resolution imagery trnus maps into a lvinig canvas on which we can instantly experience the rhythm and visual iconography of a city, often from taudhosns of miles away. City prnaenls are able to measure tfarifc density or pick out problem intersections, and in the case of Northern Ontario, where I mapped ice roads in partnership with the local gnnmevreot, you can now elpoxre 500 miles of winter roads along the western edge of the James Bay. Every winter, after 10 days of minus 20-degree temperatures, engineers begin the work to build the road of the season. These roads only eixst for 90 days, connecting communities across hdeurnds of miles of frozen tundra. Being on the wnteir roads of noerrhtn onratio after mapping parts of Namibia, one of the warmest places on the pleant, exposed me to the many ways in which communities are using maps to understand the pace and impact of changes in the environment.

Open Cloze


With more than 600 million cell phones in the hands of people between Cape Town and Cairo and centers of innovation in the cities in between, this is achievable. Every single one of those _______, in the _____ of a contributor to an open-source mapping platform, becomes a ________ source of imagery that forms a vital layer of data on maps.

With virtual maps, mapping is no longer just about cartography. It's become a way to preserve places that are undergoing constant and sometimes ________ change. High-resolution imagery _____ maps into a ______ canvas on which we can instantly experience the rhythm and visual iconography of a city, often from _________ of miles away. City ________ are able to measure _______ density or pick out problem intersections, and in the case of Northern Ontario, where I mapped ice roads in partnership with the local __________, you can now _______ 500 miles of winter roads along the western edge of the James Bay. Every winter, after 10 days of minus 20-degree temperatures, engineers begin the work to build the road of the season. These roads only _____ for 90 days, connecting communities across ________ of miles of frozen tundra. Being on the ______ roads of ________ _______ after mapping parts of Namibia, one of the warmest places on the ______, exposed me to the many ways in which communities are using maps to understand the pace and impact of changes in the environment.

Solution


  1. thousands
  2. government
  3. devices
  4. hands
  5. planet
  6. ontario
  7. living
  8. exist
  9. winter
  10. dramatic
  11. turns
  12. planners
  13. explore
  14. hundreds
  15. northern
  16. traffic
  17. powerful

Original Text


With more than 600 million cell phones in the hands of people between Cape Town and Cairo and centers of innovation in the cities in between, this is achievable. Every single one of those devices, in the hands of a contributor to an open-source mapping platform, becomes a powerful source of imagery that forms a vital layer of data on maps.

With virtual maps, mapping is no longer just about cartography. It's become a way to preserve places that are undergoing constant and sometimes dramatic change. High-resolution imagery turns maps into a living canvas on which we can instantly experience the rhythm and visual iconography of a city, often from thousands of miles away. City planners are able to measure traffic density or pick out problem intersections, and in the case of Northern Ontario, where I mapped ice roads in partnership with the local government, you can now explore 500 miles of winter roads along the western edge of the James Bay. Every winter, after 10 days of minus 20-degree temperatures, engineers begin the work to build the road of the season. These roads only exist for 90 days, connecting communities across hundreds of miles of frozen tundra. Being on the winter roads of Northern Ontario after mapping parts of Namibia, one of the warmest places on the planet, exposed me to the many ways in which communities are using maps to understand the pace and impact of changes in the environment.

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Important Words


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