Google Street View image helps police unlock murder case

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyxdxrm339o

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-maps-murder-mystery-corpse-car-spain/

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/technology/930465/google-maps-image-of-large-bag-in-car-helps-spanish-police-solve-murder-case/story/

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-18/caught-by-google-maps-photo-of-man-putting-suspicious-bundle-in-his-trunk-key-to-solving-a-murder.html

https://nypost.com/2024/12/18/world-news/google-street-view-catches-murder-suspect-loading-body-into-car-cops/

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-murder-16676.html 2013

https://viralnova.com/too-real-google-maps/  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

Westworld Maps, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1lh77pd/the_map_of_westworld_from_delos_website/

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_park_maps 

How Does Google Maps Actually Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-CGkiPetQ Veritasium  and 2swap 

https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-westworld-filmed 

https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/WESTWORLD/WESTWORLD 

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/8ev7qq/spoilers_location_of_westworld_and_all_delos/

https://www.visitutah.com/articles/hbos-westworld-go-there-now

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/murekz/looking_for_this_season_1_map_in_full_with_the Of course maps have been around for such a long time. Its just that the updated concept of a map is in a digital, 2-D and 3-D, or holographic format. https://scpsunlimited.com/portfolio/westworld-futuristic-interactive-map-system/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/hbo-made-a-secret-map-of-the-westworld-offices-and-it-shows-how-the-park-is-run--714383559639903573 

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/westworld-maze-maps-viral-marketing-websites 

https://www.theringer.com/2018/06/15/tv/westworld-map-human-brain-theory

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Locations , https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2016/10/westworld-filming-locations.html 

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_park_maps

The Making Of: Westworld Interactive Map System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyhdJVpr_MA 

The mapping and tracking of various things in the global maze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things , https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/internet-of-things 

https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/definition/Internet-of-Things-IoT 

https://www.businessinsider.com/westworld-delos-map-2016-10 

https://www.inverse.com/article/22284-westworld-delos-map-mesa-gold 

The mapping and tracking of people.

https://theconversation.com/internet-of-beings-the-dream-of-digitising-human-bodies-for-healthcare-and-the-nightmare-270473 

https://www.levelblue.com/blogs/levelblue-blog/the-hidden-risks-of-internet-of-bodies-iob-cybersecurity-in-healthcare-devices 

https://medium.com/@maliknadeemfiaz/the-internet-of-bodies-how-technology-is-merging-with-our-physical-selves-1a2e66f142d3

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/12/06/what-is-the-internet-of-bodies-and-how-is-it-changing-our-world/ 

https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-internet-of-bodies-is-here-tackling-new-challenges-of-technology-governance/ 

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3226.html 

https://itrexgroup.com/blog/internet-of-bodies-iob-definition-benefits-examples/ 

https://www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.36227/techrxiv.16615894.v1

https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol61/iss1/3/ 

https://engineering.purdue.edu/C-IoB

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurism/comments/1lm147b/lomt_internet_of_medical_things_devices_can_be/ 

All this tracking of people and things could lead the world into an intersection of various Black_Mirror scenarios.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Premise_and_production 

Its one thing if mapping and tracking tech can help people, but there is also a potential to reduce a person to being like a mouse in a maze in a lab.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Genre_and_themes  

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Maze 

The HBO version of  Westworld was in the business about gathering as much information and telemetry about humans as much as possible. With such technology, people could could have counterfeit or robotic imitations. 

https://collider.com/westworld-the-maze-explained

https://shortyawards.com/11th/westworld-the-maze

https://www.dentsucreative.com/cases/hbo-westworld-the-maze 

https://www.dentsu.com/us/en/our-work/case-study-360i-westworld 

https://www.thewrap.com/westworld-what-the-maze-is-man-in-black-arnold

https://authorjosephfinley.com/2016/11/who-is-at-the-center-of-the-maze-on-westworld 

https://qz.com/853234/westworld-took-us-deep-into-the-maze-of-consciousness-in-its-ambitious-provocative-season-finale

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/04/196902/westworld-maze-game-meaning-robot-rebellion-theory 

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/7hdr9q/why_do_mazes_appear_in_westworld 

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld 

https://www.archpaper.com/2020/04/westworld-production-design

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a31822923/westworld-season-3-filming-shooting-locations/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maze 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Westworld

The Intersection of Data & the Larger Conundrum

The Conundrum of having vast amounts of data & the digital_convergence.
www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/30/arthur-c-clarke-the-future-1964

G Maps www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8CMtRS6IUw&feature=trueview-instream ,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8CMtRS6IUw&feature=relmfu

G Earth www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Douyfa7l8&feature=relmfu 3D

The next dimension of google maps is fascinating.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBJ2Hu0NLw&feature=relmfu,
https://maps.google.com

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/01/10/is-the-universe-a-computer,
http://discovermagazine.com/2011/jun/03-our-universe-may-be-a-giant-hologram,
http://www.skepdic.com/quantumhologram.html

As more & more people research & question the nature of reality, some might become uncomfortable with what they see in the-mirror. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

Portland-Vancouver Interstate 5 Bridge and some other things

 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-putting-interstate-bridge-misconceptions-to-rest

This is a river crossing that should have been upgraded decades ago. Montreal also had to wait several decades to get their new and improved bridge.

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-public-transit-buses-and-vans-superior-to-costly-light-rail-for-i-5-bridge-replacement

https://www.interstatebridge.org , https://www.interstatebridge.org/about

At least this has been a 6 lane crossing for several decades. In Vancouver, BC, or V-BC, everything is still funneled into an inadequate 3 lane Lion Bridge for the past several decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jeNjKZExfE , https://www.youtube.com/c/IBRProgram/videos

https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2022/07/interstate-bridge-replacement-proposal-hits-major-milestone-with-state-local-endorsements.html

https://www.cityofvancouver.us/cmo/page/interstate-bridge-replacement-program It would be total chaos if Portland and Vancouver, WA were forced to just have a 3 lane crossing like V-BC still has. So while the I-5 Bridge that's a few miles north of downtown Portland has 6 lanes, the Lion Bridge north of downtown Vancouver, BC is only 3 lanes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#First_bridge At least when the first bridge opened, it was set up for trams or streetcars, as well as being a highway bridge. Unfortunately, the rail mode of the bridge only went from 1917 to 1940. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Upgrades Then by the 1950s, there was no reason to put in a parallel rail section next to the new bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Bridge#Interstate_Bridge_Replacement_Program_(2019-present) Fortunately, the new Portland & Vancouver, USA bridge, will have a passenger rail component to it. This has already worked out very well on the I-90 Bridge in Seattle & for a new bridge in Montreal. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Bridge It doesn't matter if it was in the 1930s or in the 2030s, there just was no vision to have a commuter rail component on the LG bridge. With only 3 lanes, it's impossible to have a couple of dedicated bus lanes on it. Of course, no one allowed for the provision of a future extra deck for trams or trains. That's just the Vancouver & BC  (V-BC) shortsighted way.  

For anyone that's from the Ile_Bizard part of Montreal, they will be shocked to see such a narrow bridge in V-BC.

https://www.google.com/maps/@ Ile Bizard has a 3 lane bridge that wasn't designed to have 2 levels, or become twinned. That's OK, because Ile Bizard is a backwater part of Montreal.

However, one might think that Vancouver isn't suppose to be some provincial backwater. Yet, a multi-generational power structure or mindset & its thwarting agenda, prevents Vancouver, BC from having proper big city infrastructure. Something that is commonplace in the scenic cities of Sydney, Australia, San_Francisco & Seattle. Even scenic Auckland, NZ hasn't been Vancouverized.

While the 8 lane Auckland_Harbour_Bridge is legal for that city, any 8 lane wide harbor bridge or inlet crossing in V-BC is illegal. The inept planning in Greater Vancouver hasn't even allowed for a proper network of bus & bike bridges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge#Traffic_management

Unfortunately, the AHB didn't get to be as grand as the SHB. There at least should have been a provision in the design to potentially become as wide or even wider that the SHB. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Harbour_Bridge#Original_proposal

Fortunately, Auckland & Sydney didn't get stuck with something like the barebones, 3 lane LGB. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@ LG Bridge deck with only 3 lanes. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vancouver,+BC/@ Some people actually have living rooms & swimming pools wider than that little bridge.

Eventually, Portland will get a nice new highway bridge with a provision for rail transit, similar to what Montreal has. https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/pedestrians-and-cyclists

Montreal's New Champlain Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX8OT1iwZI 8 lanes & 2 train tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2TtjRLKyAo Montreal had to finally replace its old 6 lane bridge with a nice new crossing. https://www.youtube.com/c/NouveauChamplain/videos

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Montreal,+QC/@

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present) This was possible for Montreal, because that city doesn't have a multi-generational thwarting power structure or Gordian_Knot like laws to prevent it. Where as VBC does have such thwarting laws that goes right back to the early decades of the city. 

https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/09/oregon-and-washington-well-start-building-a-new-interstate-bridge-by-2025.html Inspite of it being a very slow-going process, Portland & Vancouver, WA will get their version of what Montreal already has. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Crossing#Interstate_Bridge_Replacement_Program

Meanwhile, Vancouver, BC will still be stuck with a 3 lane Lion bridge that has no provision for bus lanes & especially no rail transit. If it could have had at least 4 lanes like the St._Johns_Bridge in Portland, then it would have been easier to have a bus & HOV lane each way. https://historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=oregon/stjohnsbridge Any major crossing in an urban area should have at least 4, if not 6 or 8 lanes. Of course some cities even have larger capacity crossings.

https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/lions-gate-bridge-lions-guard There was a time in BC that if you could have 2 waggon roads next to each other, that was a big deal. https://www.insidevancouver.ca/2012/06/12/inside-vancouvers-hidden-past-the-secret-history-of-the-lions-gate-bridge So instead of the Lion Bridge having 6 lanes or at least 4, it was to only have 2 (wagon) lanes. Fortunately, there was just enough extra space to eventually fit in a 3rd lane. However, with no provision for an extra deck, any bus & HOV lanes or rail transit there, just isn't possible. https://placesthatmatter.ca/location/lions-gate-bridge

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lions-gate-bridge-close-overnight By now, most real cities would have twinned that crossing, or bypassed it with a 6 to 8 lane tunnel. But this is backwater BC, where you are lucky to even have just a few wagon roads at key crossing points. 

https://structurae.net/en/structures/lions-gate-bridge Of course even when the bridge was rebuilt, no additional deck for trains or buses was put in. Most likely, the towers & cables would have had to be substantially reinforced to support an extra deck, so for the sake of aesthetics, the bridge retained its overall slim appearance as a 3 lane choke point or bottle neck.

Any future Inlet rail transit lines will likely be situated much closer towards the Iron Bridge. 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-rapid-transit-bus-rapid-transit-park-royal-metrotown-brt

It's as if a monstrous force has been growing since BC colonial times. This force is like a multigenerational thwarting mindset, generated by all the various interest groups for well over a century. Fortunately, this thwarting collective force hasn't been able to thwart Oregon, Washington State and Alberta to the same extent. All one has to do is look at how much larger the infrastructure is allowed in many other places.

When done correctly, bridges and tunnels can be efficient high volume conduits. Especially by providing various modes of transportation. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Portland,_Oregon 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Jackson_Memorial_Bridge 8 lanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Bridge_(Portland,_Oregon) 8 lanes 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquam_Bridge 8 lanes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Willamette_River

Seattle has had a 12 lane bridge since late 1962. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Canal_Bridge 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest#Transportation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=highways

https://embracesomeplace.com/living-seattle-portland

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Montreal

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Digital Security Technology and Maps, etc.

The website, unknowncountry.com has a good post on digital security & mentions Kevin Mitnick.

Cyber_security is essential but electronic-tracking of the public has the potential to get outrageous. Several books & movies have provided warnings of how things could get.

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/movie/cyberpunk-theme/security-surveillance-state

Kevin Mitnick is one of several people that can find there way around computers & the Internet.

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The Concept of The Global Data System goes back quite a ways.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/3881/

Once a Hypertext_Editing_System was established then there had to be a World_Wide_Web. Eventually the development of locating each web_page became a goal for Larry_Page who became a key component in creating the algorithm for the PageRank. Although Vannevar_Bush didn't have the same level of technology that was available to the founders of Google, he was already realizing the potential for a global library or database that would become The Internet.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/10/get-smartphone.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111_Eighth_Avenue,
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/09/14/111-8th-avenue-carrier-hotel-is-for-sale,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111_Eighth_Avenue#Google

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fiber#Future_expansion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Exchange_Point,
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/10/domestic_taps,
http://www.telegeography.com/telecom-maps/global-traffic-map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Modular_Data_Center,
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/en/it-services/it-facilities-assessment-design-and-construction-services-portable-modular-data-center.html

http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/m.dodge/cybergeography/atlas/more_isp_maps.html 

http://www.telepresenceoptions.com/2008/04/att_first_service_provider 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

Maps show how dry Southern California is

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/southern-california-maps-dry-drought-la-wildfires-fire-risk/?intcid=CNR-01-0623

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

For years, New York's iconic Flatiron Building sat empty after legal battles, a failed $190 million auction, and a controversial ownership dispute.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjpYahFv1_M 

Perhaps the Flatiron could have been used as the NY Continental Hotel location, but it wasn't.

https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnWick/comments/16he5s2/this_is_not the_hotel_where_john_wick_stayed/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Continental:_From_the_World_of_John_Wick 

https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Continental_Hotel?file=17.jpg

https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Continental_Hotel , https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Continental+New+York

https://screenrant.com/john-wick-continental-hotel-new-york-rome-morocco-osaka/ 

https://melodydexter.com/more/blog/radisson-blu-sydney-the-john-wick-hotel This building is in the last scene of the first Matrix movie. However, back in 1999 no one would have spotted its slight similarity with the shape of the NY Continental Hotel, because the John Wick character wasn't invented yet.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_House,_Sydney , https://www.google.com/maps/place/Paradox+Sydney

https://theglenncogar.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/neos-phone-booth-has-changed , https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+matrix+filming+location 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Telephone_booth , https://www.flickr.com/photos/adactio/262962691

Practical Digital Sovereignty

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202603/aws-maps-out-practical-digital-sovereignty-as-global-debate-intensifies

https://www.sap.com/resources/what-is-digital-sovereignty

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/practical-digital-sovereignty-navigating-the-pillars-of-compliance-continuity-and-control/ 

People might eventually become like lab mice in a maze. Then, what if a lab or corporation considers you as their property. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

Transit fare hike hits Ottawa on New Year’s Day

 https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/01/01/transit-fare-hike-hits-ottawa-on-new-years-day

https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/01/01/i-am-done-amid-rider-woes-is-ottawas-transit-system-a-victim-of-its-own-success

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Train#Overview Of course the O-Train should eventually be all double tracked. The underbuilt Canada_Line in Richmond-BC still has some single track sections. Unfortunately, The-Canada-Line wasn't designed to eventually have 152m stations, like the Montreal Metro. Thus, the 3rd SkyTrain line is only capable of having 50m stations. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitway_(Ottawa)#Routes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitway_(Ottawa)#Stations_and_segments

While Ottawa has some wide bridges, Greater Vancouver has several narrow bridges. Thus, GV will eventually have to build a network of bus bridges. Otherwise, the region's existing bridges will just get even more congested. 

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/rapidbus

https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/plans-and-projects/bus-projects/rapidbus/rapidbus_network_map.pdf

https://www.translink.ca/schedules-and-maps/nightbus

A man allegedly drove off a collapsed bridge and because of inaccurate data

 https://fortune.com/2023/09/20/google-maps-lawsuit-collapsed-bridge-driver-death/  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

DNA-RNA through time and space digital maps

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2014/01/genealogy-google-earth.html 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

Who is John Matrix and who is John Wick?

 https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1vrk5uc/i_get_goosebumps_every_time/ 

Sometimes a certain name will become more pertinent in a person's life. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1vrk5uc/comment/p4fkmt9/ 

Then later on, that name will even have even more significance. 

https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/arnold-schwarzeneggers-best-movie-featured-the-ultimate-80s-action-hero

https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1vrk5uc/comment/p4ex3yy

Technically, one could say that there is no connection between John Matrix and John Wick. 

However, several years before Joel_Silver would meet The_Wachowskis to eventually produce the first and then 2 more MATRIX movies, he just happened to produce the Commando movie with its main character being, Colonel John Matrix. https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/John_Matrix

https://letterboxd.com/producer/joel-silver 

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/llct7i/til_before_joel_silver_produced_some_of

Then, at the end of the first MATRIX movie in Sydney, Keanu Reeves as Neo walks out of a phone booth that's across the street from a building with a peculiar shape. 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Matrix+filming+location

There happens to be a building across the street from the Sydney phone booth that has a similar shape to the NY Continental Hotel in the John Wick movies.

https://melodydexter.com/more/blog/radisson-blu-sydney-the-john-wick-hotel 

Is it just another coincidence, or is it synchronicity?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Paradox+Sydney

Of course when people first saw the MATRIX in 1999, there was no concept of the John Wick character yet, let alone the wedge shaped Continental Hotel. 

So as Neo takes off from the phone booth, it is revealed that he is like the Superman of cyberspace, or is part of the Superman MATRIX. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix (1999) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(The_Matrix)#Powers_and_abilities

https://reactormag.com/the-essential-storytelling-device-that-fuels-superman-and-the-matrix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)

https://superman.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_(Christopher_Reeve)

https://www.christopherreeve.org/community/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story 

https://superman.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_(George_Reeves)

https://13thdimension.com/george-reeves-superman-it-took-decades-but-i-finally-get-what-made-him-great/

One of the key things about pondering a simulation theory, thought experiment is to notice some very peculiar synchronicity that does seem to be part of this earthly reality. 

https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/ubco-study-debunks-the-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation Some say that its just not possible, so don't bother to look for any clues.

How many people just thought that it's impossible to have a cosmic scale simulation? So, don't give it any serious thought. Really?

https://www.reddit.com/r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld/comments/1oki1h7/ubco_study_debunks_the_idea_that_the_universe_is At the very least, the simulation hypothesis is a fantastic plot element in several Sci-Fi stories.

Yet, something like a very advanced version of SimCity, the 13th Floor & very advanced flight simulators, can still reveal plenty of clues about this world. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Superman+Matrix

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Carrie-Anne+Moss+before+and+after+all+The+MATRIX+stuff

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Bakersfield, rattles Southern California

 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-06/california-earthquake-near-bakersfield

Fortunately, LA hasn't had anything as rough as the earthquake that was depicted in the movie Earthquake_in_1974 or the 2015 movie San_Andreas. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/07/california-earthquake-bakersfield-lamont/74699447007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/preliminary-5-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-bakersfield-shakes-all-the-way-to-la-county/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-earthquake-magnitude-aftershocks-los-angeles-b2592426.html

https://deadline.com/2024/08/earthquake-strikes-north-of-los-angeles-bakersfield-1236033403/

https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/california-earthquake-risk/california-earthquake-history-timeline

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/us/southern-california-earthquake-tuesday/index.html

https://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html

https://earthquake.lacity.gov/

San Andreas Fault: When the Big One Hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGTv4XdZhko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_(1974_film)#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_(film)#Plot

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Earthquakes+around+Los+Angeles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes

The cold storage warehouse fire in Los Angeles

 https://www.kcra.com/article/cold-storage-warehouse-fire-los-angeles/71669472 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-boyle-heights.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/22/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-expainer 

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/cold-storage-warehouse-fire-los-angeles-134113422 

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lineage-contributes-2-million-for-boyle-heights-fire-assistance/3907268/ 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2026-06-22/what-to-know-about-a-cold-storage-warehouse-fire-in-los-angeles

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/us/la-warehouse-fire-explainer 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/1400+Los+Palos+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA 

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1ucxyx6/cause_of_boyle_heights_warehouse_fire_believed_to/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1uc9a6s/aerial_shots_of_the_building_fire_taken_just_now/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents  

While its big enough to be a major concern, its nothing like what was depicted in the City+on+Fire movie. 

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/flies-rats-vermin-boyle-heights-who-is-handling-pest-control

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boyle+Heights

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+cold+storage+warehouse+fire+in+Los+Angeles

LA's bold new park plan: Tear up the streets and cap the freeways

 https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/la-park-plan-streets-22354316.php 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fairfax+Asterisk/@34.0582899,-118.3632139,195m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x80c2b915fe1578bf:0x9f65a010d6495373!2sW+Olympic+Blvd+%26+Fairfax+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90048,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d34.0581891!4d-118.363851!16s%2Fg%2F11hb3ps823!3m5!1s0x80c2b9db1630c425:0xdc4c10464284d0bd!8m2!3d34.0580382!4d-118.362914!16s%2Fg%2F11vbnk0922!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The Most Earthquake Vulnerable Cities in the World

https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/the-12-most-earthquake-vulnerable-cities-in-the-world.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/seismic-hazard-maps-of-the-world-1441205

http://www.efehr.org/Earthquake-risk/risk-map/

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/earth-hazards/earthquakes/where-do-earthquakes-occur/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/which-countries-are-at-risk-of-earthquakes

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/11/earthquake-proof-city-christchurch-japan-colombia-ecuador

https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/commons-magazine/worlds-riskiest-cities

Millions at risk as big cities grow apace in earthquake zones https://www.nature.com/articles/44445

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/earthquake/

https://www.raffleresults.com.au/blog/what-are-the-odds-of-an-earthquake-happening-in-sydney

https://www.thinkhazard.org/en/report/5396-australia-victoria-melbourne-c/EQ , 

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/what-victoria-s-earthquake-tells-us-about-the-safety-of-our-structures , 

https://theconversation.com/melbourne-earthquake-2023-are-they-becoming-more-common-a-seismology-expert-explains-206589

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

From Lake Ontario to "Lake America."

 https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/31/news/author-says-trumps-lake-america-order-driving-interest-ditching-us-tech 

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/30/news/mapquest-number-one-app-google-lake-ontario-america 

https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/08/31/fact-file-canada-is-not-blocking-ships-that-refuse-to-honour-lake-ontario-name/ 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/pm-carney-meets-with-business-leaders-to-discuss-canada-us-trade-war-live-updates-here/ 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-in-rochester-ny-businesses-and-officials-defy-trumps-lake-ontario/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2026/08/31/lake-ontario-lake-america-google-apple-maps-waze/91543549007/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/

Could a compromise be, Lake of the Americas? 

https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Ontario-Lake-America

Still, many would want to call it , Lake_Ontario.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas#Geography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas#Economy

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/americas

City on Fire (1979 film)

City_on_Fire is about an out of control oil refinery conflagration that's not necessarily set in the Greater Houston Area or in L.A. County. It's set in a generic North American metropolis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)#Plot

https://www.morrowsheppard.com/blog/worst-refinery-explosions-in-us-history

https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/catastrophic-multiple-death-fires/deadliest-fires-or-explosions-in-the-world

While most of LA isn't on fire, some key parts of the county are.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-mapped-kenneth-fire-palisades-eaton-altadena-b2677045.html

https://www.california.com/the-4-coolest-national-forests-in-socal

https://wildfiretaskforce.org/southern-california-regional-profile

LA and Los_Angeles_County is a much larger area than Greater Houston. Some parts of Los_Angeles_County still have a wilderness feel and some parts still have heavily wooded sections or even forest_areas.

https://learncalifornia.org/southern-california-forests/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/la-county-wildfires-structures-destroyed-damage/3600667/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-fire-maps-palisades-eaton-hurst-2025

https://www.latimes.com/california/live/pacific-palisades-fire-updates-los-angeles

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-09-25-hnk/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/hollywood-hills-burn-la-engulfed-by-the-big-one-2025-01-09/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

How American businessman Emad Shargi was freed in Iran prisoner deal

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emad-shargi-release-from-iran-prison-60-minutes-transcript

Iran is such a tough and dangerous country with several imposed limitations on its people.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/02/iran-is-not-a-normal-country/677319

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/iran

https://www.dw.com/en/why-iran-and-russia-can-dodge-western-sanctions/a-68928255

https://theconversation.com/new-sanctions-on-russia-and-iran-are-unlikely-to-work-heres-why-100431

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/iran-history-foreign-policy

https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/iran

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-iranian-islamic-revolution-1978-1979.html

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-iranian-people-great-cultures-of-the-world.html

https://www.mei.edu/blog/iranian-youth-and-protest-movement-2023-drivers-and-limitations

https://quincyinst.org/2024/02/03/beware-the-iran-pearl-harbor-moment

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran

From the (Crimson) Sky Down and into the U2 MATRIX

Before people got to see the first MATRIX movie in 1999, U2 transitioned into their cyberpunk ZOO TV entertainment phase. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-12-tm-34172-story.html , 

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1993-09-12-0000004850-story.html , 

https://www.wired.com/1995/01/neuromancer-speaks , https://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/neuromancer-zooropa-179635.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby 1991

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooropa 1993

"the tour began in Lakeland, Florida, on 29 February 1992 and ended in Tokyo, Japan, on 10 December 1993." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 
From_the_Sky_Down : //www.u2.com/news/title/from-the-sky-down ,

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/09/09/u2-from-the-sky-down-trailer-showtime ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzeR0hV0ZTU ,

http://mrns.u2.com/secure_api/u2player.php?vendor_id=692&media_id=13791&channel_id=6088&e=1235095378&h=3381bb2f515d02a70946d13cfc7e47f8

We’re free to fly the crimson sky...

https://www.u2songs.com/songs/even_better_than_the_real_thing_-_studio_341

http://www.u2.com/discography/index/album/albumId/4010 ,

http://www.u2.com/stream/article/display/id/1958

"And I have no compass and I have no map" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooropa_(song)  

https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/no-maps-for-these-territories-1200465308 ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise ,

https://www.u2songs.com/discography/william_gibson_no_maps_for_these_territories_documentary_various_artists , 

https://vimeo.com/18438593 , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269629 , 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/william_gibson_no_maps_for_these_territories , 

http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/archive/2003_01_28_archive.asp#90244012 

https://www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick_729

William Gibson has had some key influence for U2 over the years.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/apr/26/computingandthenet.books

Thus, its not surprising that there was some collaboration.

https://www.u2.com/news/title/exclusive_clips_from_new_william_gibson_movie_730

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Literary_and_cultural_significance ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberspace#Origins_of_the_term ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Style_and_ethos ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Influences , 

https://www.wired.com/2005/08/u2-2

William_Gibson was born on March 17, 1948. Is it that surprising that a famous band from Ireland would eventually cross paths with him? http://people.loyno.edu/~hobbs/bib/wgibson.htm

U2 ZOO TV Tour

ZOO TV 1st leg: North America

1992-02-29: Lakeland Arena - Lakeland, Florida, USA

https://www.u2gigs.com/show110.html , https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oKYjeKkuP4

There happens to be a Lake_Gibson in Lakeland,_Florida. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Lakeland_FLA_lake_Mirror , 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#Through_the_Looking-Glass

Of course 1992-2-29 was a leap-year and that was perfect for U2 to symbolically venture down The_Rabbit hole.

"U2 started the Zoo Tv Tour on February 29, 1992 with a sold out concert with a total of 7,400 people."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_Funding_Center There is a W. Lemon Street near by.

Zoo TV Live from Sydney 1993-11-27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8bnSQ8mR0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney

There is a lot of synchronicity between, W.Gibson, U2 and The_Matrix, that should be revealed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#Science_fiction_themes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV

It's all about exploring, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR)