New York’s yellow cabs are one of the main symbols of the city. its trail is the trail of the city in motion, the flow of comings and goings of people moving in the city. How to understand that trace at a glance? Tom McKeogh, Eliza Montgomery and Juan F. Saldarriaga developed a visualization model a few months ago with the support of the CUNY High Performance Computing Center and using data from the departure and arrival points of the routes of 10,000 taxis during 24 hours and adding the Google Maps API, the representation in this video is obtained. In addition to its aesthetic value, what is interesting is its value as a tool to better understand the spatial distribution in the city, the periods of greatest activity in each area and the density peaks at each moment.
