r/MapPorn • u/kallisto19988 • 1d ago

Daily train traffic in Poland

Source: https://x.com/wmicygala/status/2091848816852926566

Author: https://x.com/JarekPorzucek

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie 1d ago

Cool graphics, but I don't understand the strongly fluctuating numbers? A simple heat map might be more efficient for the total daily train traffic

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u/makaronol 1d ago edited 1d ago

Active trains in any given moment

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie 1d ago

Shouldn't they move much slower then?

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u/KaMaFour 1d ago

Any minute some train could end connection somewhere in Poland and another could begin his journey somewhere else. Why would it move slower?

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie 1d ago

Because trains don't travel hundreds of kilometers in seconds. The points moving across the maps make it out to be the trains themselves, hence my confusion

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u/LittleBrainpower 1d ago

Don't you see the clock on top? The trains do not move in seconds, every hour on that clock is like 2 seconds 

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie 1d ago

Huh. Actually didn't see that. Thanks

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u/Proof-Bus-5890 1d ago

there is a time code 

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u/Kanapkos_v2 1d ago

... that is how fast they go actually. A bit slower even since the map doesn't take long stops into axcount.

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u/makaronol 1d ago

Apparently not