Here’s a second post in the Most Wired series posts. Forbes reports the 30 Most Wired Airports in the world, based on three criteria: the passenger traffic in 2007, the breadth and cost of wi-fi access in the airport and availability of facilities such as seating, electrical outlets and wired access.
A Google Map of airport rankings is available here.
Surprisingly, its Atlanta. This is the result of a survey by Forbes.com for the Most Wired Cities in America for the year 2008. It is mentioned that their calculations were based on three factors – the percentage of Internet users with high-speed access, the number of service providers within the city and availability of public wi-fi hotspots.
Although Atlanta tops the list in the number of users with high-speed net and service providers, its Portland, Oregon that is equipped with the most public wireless hotspots.
Here’s a google map put together from results of the survey.
Andrew Egan at Forbes writes about the most expensive stadiums in the world listing factors such as cost, their capacity and the purpose these arenas serve. The Wembley Stadium in London, which cost $1.5 billion and home to the English soccer team is currently the most expensive. Following Wembley, is an engineering marvel from 1970s, the Olympic Stadium in Montreal which is host to the 1976 Olympics. Third in the list is New York’s Madison Square Garden, which cost more than a billion way back in 1968.
Here’s a google map of the ten Most Expensive Stadiums in the world.
The next time you plan to visit one of these ten countries listed by Forbes, make sure you imbibe some quick travel etiquette tips which can make your trip more pleasurable and worth it.
I have put together a Google Map showing general dining and travel tips for the ten most visited countries in the world.
Of the 20 cities listed, Tokyo, Nagoya and Kobe are the only ones in a first-world nation, Japan. Kathmandu, Nepal tops the list with a possibility of 70,000 deaths if struck by an earthquake of 6 magnitude.
I have put together a Google Map of the cities and the number of deaths that may result as reported in the article.
Alternatively, you can click on the image to view the map
Click here to view the map at Newscientist.com
