A couple days ago, news was spreading that US Airways put in a bid for the merger of the bankrupt Delta Air Lines. The bid is for $8 billion, and would be a hostile takeover. From keeping a close eye on passenger air carriers (and all of the issues they have been having with profits and threats of terrorism), I found this new really interesting. I also thought that showing Delta's hub in Atlanta would make a perfect map image!

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta international Airport is the busiest airport in the world for flight volume and passenger traffic. Last year, it had 980,197 takeoffs and 88.4 million passengers. Wow! Earlier this year, construction was completed on a new runway. This is the 5th runway that the airport has. I have never been at this airport, but I would love to see the actual size of it. I would have to guess that it is enormous to handle that many passengers and flights every year.

Google map image: Atlanta Airport

Usually Map aDayBlog is solely for Google Map images, but I found a great resource that is utilizing Google Maps on their site to help the viewers see more of the world. Wikimapia is a combination of Google Maps and the idea of Wikis (like Wikipedia) to allow people to view the world and see different attractions on the map. Also, people can add new places to the map for others to see. Reader contribution is a great addition to the web, and this site is proof of that! When you visit the site, you will see an image of the world. Throughout the map image are little squares. You can either roll-over the squares or click on them. The click will zoom you into the area and show you more specific site-seeing spots. Rolling over a square will give you a name of the area you are looking at. I think I am going to start contributing a lot of my aDayBlog content to their maps! If you add any spots to the map, leave a comment so we can go check them out.

View this Map at: Wikimapia.org