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Magnetic maps had been marking something strange under Antarctica for centuries. So we’ve started drilling to find it

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For years, magnetic maps of East Antarctica have shown something strange about the region from Princess Elizabeth Land: a large amplitude linear magnetic anomaly under kilometers of ice that runs along the coast parallel to the margin of the continent. It was something that satellites and planes could detect, but no one knew exactly what rock was producing it until now. Discovering it. If the problem is that this anomaly was under a large amount of ice, a team of researchers within the framework of a Russian-Chinese cooperation He has done the most logical thing to find what was happening: start drilling. What they have found after putting a large drill to work is not only a magnetic rock that gave that peculiar pattern, but it is the geological “scar” of an ancient island arc that collided with the continent almost 1,000 years ago, when the supercontinent was forming. Rodinia. A challenge. The study that includes this discovery focuses mainly on the Rayner tectonic province, an area that is geologically critical because it is considered a “mobile belt.” That is, it is a collision zone where ancient blocks of crust were crushed against each other. The problem with Antarctic geology is that almost everything they are interested in is buried, and in this case the team had to cross 541 meters of ice to be able to reach the rock that interested them. What did they find? What they took from the bottom of Antarctica was not common granite as can occur in other areas, but rather the core recovered is a mafic granulite. Something that is very important, since granulites are metamorphic rocks that have suffered infernal temperatures and pressures. After power analyze this rock So interesting, it was seen that this was what was causing the linear anomalies seen from space. And as we say, it is not a very normal stone, since it is rich in ferromagnetic minerals, capable of altering the magnetic field locally. Investigating Rodinia. Once with the sample in hand, the team applied geochemistry techniques and dating to be able to counterbalance these data with everything that was known in previous research. What was seen is that there was a great violent history behind it, since it was known that the rock was originally born as magma about 970 million years ago. From its birth, that rock was pushed into the depths and “cooked.” The data indicate that it was subjected to temperatures between 650 and 790 ºC and pressures equivalent to depths of 15 to 18 kilometers. In this way, the researchers’ conclusion is that this rock was part of a volcanic arc of islands like those of Japan. But the most interesting thing is that this arc was not originally in Antarctica, but was forcibly “stuck” against the ancient continent during a massive collision that gave rise to the formation of Rodinia. The Indian connection. To understand the magnitude of the find, you have to look beyond Antarctica, as geologists have long suspected that the Rayner Province in Antarctica and the Eastern Ghats Province in India They are twins separated at birth. And the new data reinforces this theory, since the conditions of “high temperature” metamorphism found in this drilling are almost identical to those documented in India. This leads us to conclude that 900 million years ago, the east coast of India and this part of Antarctica were joined, forming a huge mountain range created by the collision of tectonic plates. Images | 66 north In Xataka | In the United States there is an incredible river that does what seems impossible: defy the laws of gravity

Google Maps to find out how it has changed from the 50s to today

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Looking back to see what the maps of yesteryear were like can be fascinating because, well, you may find that In the Roman Empire they had a whole tangle of highwaysbut it is not necessary to go that far: the road infrastructure of the Spanish state has changed enormously in recent decades. You can ask your grandfather, but you can also see it in the latest and ambitious project of the National Geographic Institute. Spain in the 1950s was eminently rural, but agrarian modernization, industrialization and poverty led to the exodus of a significant part of the population from the towns to the cities. Throughout those 70 years, a dense and complex network of infrastructure and urban centers has been developed that did not exist before. Towns, cultivated areas and fields have been left along the way. For this ‘Google Maps of Spain from the 50s to today‘The IGN relies on Telespazio Ibérica, a geographic information company with satellite services. Its objective for nine months will be to launch the Historical Information System on Land Occupation in Spain (SIOSE). The new Historical Information System on Land Occupation in Spain (SIOSE) will be the most complete, precise and exhaustive tool to analyze the effects of climate change on the state’s ecosystem, the changes in territorial planning and land use in recent decades. As explains the director of cartography of Telespazio Ibérica, Óscar Muñoz: “The Historical SIOSE will not only include a complete database, but also a statistical and visual validation report that will guarantee the reliability of the results for scientific, urban and environmental uses. Thanks to this we will be able to see, objectively, how the Spanish ecosystem has changed and know which green areas have been lost, which urban areas have grown and how our landscape has evolved in the last 70 years.” The idea is to capture how its territory and landscape have evolved that period of time painstakingly rebuilding cities and towns, forests, crops, roads and buildings, among others. This Information System on Land Occupation in Historical Spain will be made up of 572 sheets of the National Topographic Map, ranging from the first complete aerial record of the territory (the american flight of ’56) and cartography generated later, both at the regional and state levels. In addition, Telespazio Ibérica is based on a pilot developed for the IGN and will have to refine it with a more precise and functional land coverage. To do this, they will use both digitization and automated image analysis and AI algorithms, which guarantee reproducibility throughout the entire territory. In Xataka | Castilla-La Mancha is about to shrink 2,000 hectares in favor of Aragon. All because of a 19th century dispute In Xataka | Who owns the maps in the world?

Roman roads changed the world. And this Google Maps from 2,000 years ago allows you to explore them

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What have the Romans given us? It’s not a question I ask myself when I can’t sleep, but the brilliant satire that Monty Python captured in ‘Brian’s life‘. He aqueductsewage, education, irrigation, health, wine, public baths… and roads. At its peak, it is estimated that The empire’s network expanded over 120,000 kilometersbut as excavation has been carried out, more and more remains of Roman roads have been found. On some occasions we have brought some “Google Maps” of the Roman Empirebut what we have in our hands today is the culmination of an anthological work that compiles some of the most important sources of the arteries of the empire and captures those roads is an impressive interactive map with almost 300,000 kilometers of roads. The tool is called itiner-eand it is something that can absorb us for hours and hours. The Google Maps of the Roman Empire If you have already taken a tour of the mapyou should know that it is a living element. As discoveries are made and the location of the tracks is determined, the team will update the map. But what we currently have is the result of more than five years of work carried out by a team with members from both the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Aarhus University of Denmark. In it study published in Naturedetail that it is “the most detailed and complete digital data set of roads in the entire Roman Empire” published so far. In fact, it exceeds the known length of Roman roads by more than 100,000 km thanks to both greater coverage at the focus and better spatial precision. Previously, the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations (DARMC) mapped 188,554.7 kilometers. To do this, the researchers identified both the most important routes and the paths of archaeological and historical sources, locating them using both historical and current topographic maps. The main sources have been the Antonine Itinerary and the Tabula Peutingeriana, but the “milestones” and settlements close to each other (for example, limits of the empire, such as those near Hadrian’s Wall) are what have allowed researchers to assume the existence of roads that connected them. Other sources include summaries of the Roman road network in specific regions, maps from the Mapping Past Societies, the Barrington Atlas or the Tabula Imperii Romani, among many others. As a result of this work, the new map includes 299,171 kilometers of roads (to connect a territory of more than four million square kilometers), and they are divided as follows: 103,478 kilometers of main roads, 34.6% of the total. 195,693 kilometers of secondary roads, 65.4% of the total. And it is not that more than 100,000 kilometers have been taken out of the bag, but that roads that previously crossed rivers or were simple straight lines, have now been drawn with greater precision, adapting to the topographical peculiarities of the terrain. Now, although the work is amazing and we can see by playing with the different layers of information that many of the main roads coincide with current roads, the researchers confess that “only” the location of 2.737% of the Roman roads is known with certainty. That is why the vast majority of itiner-e roads show the legend “hypothetical” or “conjecture”, just before detailing the record from which they took the data. This certainty depends on: Certainty: segments well documented in the sources, which have been digitized with high spatial precision. Guess: segments with lower spatial precision due to a lower level of documentation. Hypothetical: paths that are speculated to have existed, but for which there is insufficient evidence to classify them within one of the above groups. For example, roads in desert areas where the infrastructure was less fixed and where several parallel roads have been found. But beyond satisfying our curiosity, something we can do with this map is… play. The team has including a function that is still in beta status and allows you to explore the time these routes took. To do this, we have to select between several points and select between four modes of land transportation: On foot at a speed of 4 km/h. By oxcart at 2 km/2. In an animal like a donkey at 4.5 km/h. And on horseback at 6 km/h. We can also select maritime routes with speeds of 2.5 km/h downstream and 0.6 km/h upstream. In the end, that rebel group from ‘Life of Brian’ was quite right when it came to saying that one of the most important things the Romans had done for them had been the deployment of roads. Because they were fundamental to speed up transportation within the empire’s domains, and that work is noticeable even today. They were the foundations on which we build our roads and urban centers. It is something that becomes clear when we observe that the only place in the empire in which there was not such an important or meticulous deployment, such as Africa and the Middle East, where trade on wheels was abandoned in favor of camel caravans in the 4th-6th centuries, has consequences today. Images | itiner-e In Xataka | Forma Urbis Romae: the gigantic map of Ancient Rome conceived in 1901 and still unsurpassed today

I’ve been using Google Maps for years and I didn’t know this button. It is wonderful to follow routes on foot

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Although There are more and more optionsGoogle Maps is still The queen of navigation apps. But even the most used app, there are functions that not everyone knowsI the first. Today we talk about an option that makes Google Maps is much more intuitive on foot routes. Google Maps on foot is not the same as by car It is obvious, but the simple fact that the car moves faster makes it very easier to know what direction we have to go. When we use the routes on foot, sometimes the pointer does not move until we walk a considerable distance and, If we have confused ourselves, we will have to return to where we have come. I confess that it has happened to me many times. In addition, although generally the compass indicates the direction without having to move, but that lifts our hand who has not had problems with this. Many times the compass does not work well and It is necessary to calibrate it. With this function the headaches are over. The augmented reality to rescue 13 tricks to get the most out of Google Maps If you are going to follow a route on foot, Live View is your best ally. It is a function that uses augmented reality and indicates why we must continue in a much more visual and intuitive way. To activate it you just have to click on The camera button which appears on the icons on the right side of the screen. When you activate Live View for the first time, a notice like the one you can see on these lines appears and you will also have to accept the camera permits. Then he will ask you to notice with the camera to your surroundings to be able to “scan” the buildings and, once completed, you will see an arrow superimposed on the image which tells you where you should keep walking. Live View is a veteran function on Google Maps (arrived in 2019) and is available in all areas where we have the option to use Google Street View. However, it is not a super known option and, at least, it has turned out Very useful especially being traveling In new cities. In Xataka | A small town in Holland has the solution to mass tourism: to fool Google Maps

Girona has managed to decongest its historic center copying a trick of Barcelona: erase from Google Maps

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Girona has made Google and Waze modify the routes that took cars, especially tourists, to cross the old town of their city known as Barri Vell. This historical area has the Restricted circulationwith priority for pedestrians and limited access to residents and businesses. For Avoid excess traffic and preserve the pedestrian character of the center, the City Council asked the managers of those browsers to prioritize alternative tours and clearly mark the restrictions of access to the area. Atasque between 2,000 years of history Before, Google Maps and Waze guided To many drivers inside the Barri Vell to take shortcuts, especially tourists who trusted the GPS to move around the city. The problem is that, like most historical centers, this generated Unduse circulation in narrow and cobbled streets that are not designed for road traffic and hindered the circulation of neighbors. Such and as they highlight in The newspaper, In Barri Vell the circulation is restricted and special authorization is required to access even for distribution and service vehicles that are subjected to an access time control to prioritize the pedestrian use of the monumental center with more than 2,000 years of history. “We have been working to guarantee pacification at Barri Vell and the priority for pedestrians to be the seal of the city,” wrote Lluc Salellas, mayor of Girona In his X profile. Touch the photo to go to the original message The municipal idea for decongestion The Gironés City Council sent letters to Google and Waze to request that Barri Vell be eliminated as a recommended route to avoid the passage of tourist cars in this area. This management took several months, but finally was effective and GPS applications stopped proposing the historic center as a shortcut for the internal displacements of the city. In addition, the municipal team works so that the information shown in the browsers be as accurate as possibleclearly indicating the places where tourists They can park outside the historic center and preventing vehicles from being reserved where the spaces for loading and discharge are reserved. “We have made Google and Waze clearly mark that Barri Vell is an area with restricted circulation; and therefore, do not send tourists’ cars so easily,” explained Mayor Salellas to The newspaper.es. Girona is not the only one that has “erased” Google Girona It is not the only city that has asked Google to modify the information it gives to its users to redirect tourism flows and reorder the traffic of its streets. Barcelona City Council applied a similar measure To decongest the accesses to Park Güell, one of its most visited tourist places, eliminating from Google Maps one of the bus lines that went up to the park. This action sought to avoid the saturation of tourists and prioritize the service for the use of their neighbors, freeing them from the saturation of thousands of tourists who visit Gaudí’s work every day. In Holland, a small town managed to make fun of Google Maps To decongest its streets coordinating their neighbors to send false reports of cut streets. That caused the GPS to redirect traffic to alternative routes by freeing its neighbors from excess traffic. In all cases, this coordinated strategy with GPS applications has managed to reduce mass tourism in the most sensitive areas of cities, demonstrating how technological ones can influence tourist flows. In Xataka | One day, all Germans in Germany appeared closed on Google Maps. The problem is that nobody knows why Image | Unspash (Brandon Gurney, Priscilla du Preez)

The fires that are ravaging Spain, seen from the space and through the maps

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Although the heat wave that we have been supporting for days begins to send and, According to data from the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET)the maximum temperatures will descend in a generalized way this week, the forest fires They are still out of control. So far this year, More than 344,400 hectares have already burned throughout Spain. A figure that makes 2025 one of the worst seasons of forest fires that Europe has lived in the last two decades. 13 tricks to get the most out of Google Maps With this panorama, it is normal to ask how the situation evolves. The reality is that the foci constantly change. However, there are technological tools open and accessible both for the general public and for the authorities. Two of the most useful are the alert system for Google Maps crisis and the emergency viewfinder of the Copernicus Program of the European Union. Both resources are available for free and you can consult them right now. Google Maps is one of those applications that we use daily, but we don’t always know all its functions. To see the active forest fires You have to enter the mobile app or maps.google.com and play on the layer icon, in the upper right corner. In the section Map type You don’t have to change anything. The focus is in Map detailswhere we must select the Forest Fire option. The system will show the affected areas with relevant information, such as the level of gravity and the date of the last update. If we play in any of the marked areas (for example, Ourense, one of the most complicated when publishing this article), we will access a file with the estimated perimeterlinks to official sources and related articles. Google Maps is not limited to showing points on the map: behind there is a system that combines Ia with satellite images. To detect and delimit forest fires, use a model of Deep Learning Trained with satellite data such as GOES-16, GOES-18, Himawari-9 or European meteosat, among others. It also relies on sensors such as Modis (of Aqua and Terra satellites) and VIIRS (aboard S-NPP and JPSS-1). All that information is processed through Superresolution techniques To identify active spotlights and update maps with precision. In the case of the Copernicus system, you have to access the page Current Sition ViewerAvailable on the web forest-fire.emerncy.copernicus.eu/applications. The viewfinder is quite intuitive. In the left lateral menu you have to locate the Rapid Damage Assessment section and focus on the Active Fire layer. There are two selectable data sources: Modiswhich collects information through satellite sensors Terra and Aqua. VIIRSwhich uses similar algorithms to detect active spotlights aboard the satellite Suomi NPP (National Polar-Footing Partnership). Both layers allow to visualize in real time the fires detected from space, and are a valuable tool to closely follow the situation both in Spain and in the rest of Europe. Images | Copernicus (Emergency Management Service) | Google Maps In Xataka | If the question is how to shield the mountain to fires, in Soria they have an ancestral solution: luck of pines

How to see them on Google Maps, other maps and pages to have all updated information.

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Let’s tell you How can you follow the state of fires With all the information, and also seeing them on the map. In this way, if you have a fire near your location or if you just want to stay informed or informed, you will have the best ways to do it. We are going to start telling you how to follow the evolution of these events with some fire mapswith which you can see in real time its progress and current state. Then, we will tell you some additional sources with which to know all the information. Look at the fires on Google Maps You can look at active fires and information on them on Google Maps. To do so, on the main screen click on the layer button or mapswhich appears with the icon of two squares or overlapping pages. This will open a screen where you can choose between several types of maps to visualize. On this screen, click on the map of Forest fires that will appear with the icon of a flame. This will take you to a maps screen where all active maps will appear in red. You can click on the icon of any of the firesand a page will open with all the information, where you can see the size of the fire in red, and you have links to access the news or to inform that there is a road cut in the area. NASA Fire Map Another tool you have available is NASA’s fire map. To see it enters the web WorldView.earthdata.nasa.govwhere on the left you can activate the filter so that fires from around the world are displayed. This map can be confusing, but Below you can choose a date concrete, and then the fire map of that specific day will be shown worldwide, being able to navigate and zoom in specific areas. Here, what you should know is that The map is not updated in real timebut take a world capture every day, so that you can sail for evolution, and even create animations with this evolution of fires in an area. Other pages to have the information Now, let’s tell you other pages where you can get Updated information about fires that is in Spain. Thus, you can follow the last hour of the evolution of those that interest you most, or everyone in general. Copernicus system: Copernicus is the European Forest Fire Information System, and you have a map where you can activate the visualization of all active fires in Europe. This visualization is in the left column. Link: forest-fire.emerncy.copernicus.eu/apps/effis_current_situation/index.html Online newspapers: Almost all newspapers in Spain have launched in their online versions pages dedicated to the last hour of all fires in general in Spain this summer. You can see those of, for example, The newspaper, Zero wave either The country among many others. Civio Fire Map: This page collects the information of all the fires that has been, and the sample on a map so you can get the idea of the total area that the fires have been covering in Spain since there is data. Each point is a fire, and when passing the mouse on it it gives you all the information about it. Link: Civio.es/medio-ambiente/mapa-de-incendios-forestry. Official statistics: You also have the Historical Statistics page of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. In it, you can see all kinds of fire statistics since there are data, at the end of the 60s. Link: miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversity/temas/incendios-forestales/estadisticas-datos.html. In Xataka | The culprit of fires in Spain is found months ago: the lack of firefighters working in winter

The maps that explain why Castilla y León have become the “zero zone” of forest fires

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The fires are a pressing problem every summer, but in the midst of the heat wave that shakes peninsular Spain, the problems derived from fire grow Without giving us breath. One of the areas most affected by fires is the northwest quadrant of the peninsula. Something that we can verify in a series of maps that show us the present and future risk of fire. Fire risk, from satellites. The Risk Management Service of Copernicus, the land observation system of the European Union, shows us on a map the Areas with greater risk of forest fires In the continent. The map shows the FWI fire meteorological risk index (Fire Weather Index), distinguishing areas with low, moderate, high, very high and very extreme risk. The map allows us to visualize the risk we face: a good part of the Northern Plateau, in addition to areas of the Cantabrian, Pyrenees, Galicia and other areas present in index greater than 2.5, which implies very extreme risk. Southern Europe, and beyond. The map covers not only peninsular and Balearic Islands, but also the rest of Europe and surrounding areas. In fact we can see in it that the very extreme risk situation extends not only to northern Portugal, also to most of the center and south of France. Other areas in this situation can be found in the Balkans, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Austria and Hungary. Important anomalies are also indicated in Nordic countries, such as Sweden, Norway and Finland. A problem that will go worse. The Copernicus map covers this week together, from day 11 to 17. However we can resort to other maps that allow us to see the evolution of risk during the next few days, Fire risk maps of the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet). What these maps show us is not an invitation to optimism. Aemet fire risk forecast evolution on August 14, 15 and 16. State Meteorology Agency. The stain extends. The extreme risk today focuses on Andalusia, Extremadura, the west of Castilla y León, and the Pyrenees, as well as areas located in Galicia, Basque Country, Murcia and other communities. However, tomorrow this area under extreme risk will expand both in the peninsular northwest and in Extremadura, the Basque Country and Murcia. On Friday and Saturday the “red spot” will continue to grow. On Saturday, only specific areas on the coast and in mountainous areas will be fought from the very high or extreme risk. The devastation of a fire. In addition to risk maps, Copernicus also allows us to visualize the ravages that active fires have already caused. Example of this It is the fire of El Arenal, in Ávila, which has already affected almost 1,800 hectares of surface. In Xataka | In the middle of the fire, there is something that Spanish firefighters are very aware: the 30-30 rule Image | Copernicus / Aemet

The best maps and tools not to miss the arrival of the Perseidas

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The Arrival of Perseidasthe rain of more iconic stars of the summer. This year The bad news It has to do with light pollution, since the proximity of the last full moon (last 8) and the peak of The Perseids (Today, day 12), it will make it difficult to find these flashes in heaven. Escape light. To avoid natural light pollution we will have to wait, but avoiding artificial pollution is also in our hand. Only we have to know how and, above all, where. Orient in the field. But navigating such a broad territory can be complicated. According to data From the National Institute of Statistics of 2022, of the 8,131 municipalities in Spain, 4,986 have less than 1,000 inhabitants. In them there are about 3% of the population. We have various resources at our disposal to choose the ideal place to see the Perseidas, one close to our city or that is close to our summer destination. We may have an already planned trip and want to make a brief getaway from a provincial capital to a town of clear skies and free of light pollution. Maps At our disposal there are several tools that can help us guide us and look for destinations of clear skies. For example, The mapslike him developed a few years ago by the Complutense University of Madrid and the CBAS (International Research Center of Big Data For Sustainable Development Goals); or what puts at our disposal The application LIGHT POLLUTION MAP – Dark Sky. There is another map that we should not forget: the time map. If we want to look for the best place to see the stars, fleet or not, we will need a clear sky. The forecasts From the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) they can be of great help in this. Astrotourism In a time when Astrotourism has become a new (and thriving) economic sector for the “emptied Spain”, we also have at our disposal the resources that this sector gives us to guide and choose our destination. Today we can resort to specialized tourist certificates in this subsector that unites interest in space with tourism, especially rural tourism. One of the organizations dedicated to creating certificates of this type is the Starlight Foundation. This foundation has its origin in the I Starlight International Conference, a meeting promoted by the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) dedicated to “study -from different perspectives -, the need to protect the night sky on our planet and find paths for its enjoyment for society”, Explain the Foundation itself. The Starlight Foundation would emerge in 2009, two years later, with objectives such as protecting the night sky, making cultural dissemination of astronomy, promoting this form of tourism, and promoting intelligent lighting and energy saving, details the foundation itself. Some examples. Through the website of the Foundation we can find numerous examples of environments with some of the certification modalities offered by this organization. An example of this type of certification is that of People or city citywith which they count Three populations in Spain: Hellín, Navarra; Fuente-Tójar, Córdoba and Navas del Marqués, in Ávila. Another important certification is that of Starlight tourist destinations“Visitable places, which enjoy very good qualities for the contemplation of starry skies” and protected from light pollution. This certification has assigned to very diverse placeslike Chantadam Galicia; the Monteibérico Region-Almansa Corridor, Castilla-La Mancha; the Costa da Morte, Galicia; or the Serranía de Cuenca, in Castilla-La Mancha. The list continues, but the modalities do not end there: the Foundation also has a list of “Starlight reserves“, Star Parks,”Starlight places”, Houses and rural hotels, Starlight pathsand even Starlignt camps. A booming business. The appearance of this type of responds to The growing importance of a booming economic sector. This is the intersection between astronomy and tourism, Astrotourism, a business in vogue but not within the reach of all corners of Spain: the heavens free of light pollution are an essential quality. Fortunately, that is something that is not missing, neither in peninsular Spain or in places like Canary Islands and Balearic Islands. The rural areas of the Plateau and the various Motañosa mountain ranges that run through the country offer a unique opportunity, for tourists and also for those who live in some of the most forgotten regions of the country. In Xataka | We are accustomed to seeing the Perseids looking up. So they look from space, looking down Image | Mr. Tickle / Ralan-Map EU, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel

A small town in Holland has the solution to mass tourism: to fool Google Maps

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Mass tourism has unable consequences for residents. Recently we talked about the Avalanche of tourists who go to the lavender fields in Brihuega. In the Parkbuurt neighborhood, located in a small coastal town in Holland, they also have problems with tourism. Specifically because, in the most influx days, it is impossible for them to park. The neighbors have got to work to solve it with a very ingenious method. Fed up neighbors. Parking in Parkbuurt was not a problem until tourists arrived. Especially on weekends, its streets are filled with cars and neighbors, fed up with not being able to park normally, as they say in NH News. What they did was start reporting street blockages on Google Maps so that the app sending visitors to other areas. Google Maps to Rescue. It is the navigation app most used in the world And its function to report incidents on the road makes it perfect for this type of actions. A single report would not take effect, but with neighbors organizing to send reports at the same time the thing changes. The streets of the neighborhood appear as cut in the app and that makes visitors go to other areas. Answer. The trick has worked for them, but it has had some unwanted effects. Gert-Jan Bluijs, councilor of the municipality, is not funny and ensures that this measure has generated more chaos in other adjacent neighborhoods. The neighbors defend themselves from criticism ensuring that it is a peaceful measure that only apply on weekends, during the week they were not applying it. They see it as a way of exerting pressure to do something from the City Council. At the moment, what the City Council has done is to place a sign at the entrance of the town asking visitors to deactivate Google Maps. More cases. It is not the first time that similar tactics are used to combat tourist saturation. A few months ago something similar also happened in Holland, near the area of the Keukenhof Tulipanes gardens. This same year, we knew that Barcelona had eliminated a Google Maps bus route so that tourists would not collapse it. The result was good in that bus line, but others collapsed. The other face. We have seen that navigation apps can be a tool to divert traffic, but they can also be the cause of the problem. Years ago we told you how Waze’s suggestions ruined the tranquility of some neighborhoods. The app, now GOOGLE PROPERTYsuggests faster routes and diverts traffic through streets that used to be little busy. In Xataka | Iceland is so tired of tourism that it has decided to stop it drastically: fringing its visitors Image | Rudi Arlt in Pixabay

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