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How to Make Cartograms With Animation
The last few years have seen an explosion of digital mapping on the web, but for some reason the cartogram has been largely left out. And it’s too bad because in many cases they are a far superior way...
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Extreme Population Mapping
Just 5% of the world lives in the entire blue area. Another 5% lives in the red area. This is a follow up to yesterday’s post on world population density. Several people thought the map would be more...
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There is Only 1 Shenzhen River, So Why Does Google Maps Show 2?
Disputed territory Arunachal Pradesh (yellow) A few weeks ago, I wrote about some of the world’s most peculiar territorial disputes. And among them I listed Arunachal Pradesh, a territory claimed by...
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Your World Map is Hiding Something
Click Me! Take a look at a map of the world. If it looks like this one, as most do, you will see that Alaska appears larger than Mexico and that Greenland looks about the same size as Africa. In...
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Ever sat on a beach and wondered what’s across the ocean? It may not be what...
Have you ever sat on a beach and wondered what’s across the ocean? If you think you can figure out the answer just by looking at a map, read on. You may be surprised. I was. To ask the question more...
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Aviation and Climate: a Two-Way Relationship
It’s well known that air travel impacts the climate. U.S. aircraft account for 11% of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. And as the EPA announced just last month, aircraft emissions...
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Election Results in the Third Dimension
County-level results from the 2016 U.S. presidential election Color = winner and margin of victory Height = total number of votes (all candidates) Full screen version / See how this map was made...
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