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35 Informative And Unusual Maps That Might Change Your Perspective On Things, As Shared On This Online Group (New Pics)
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For me, maps are the perfect fusion of art, information, insight, and entertainment. They help us navigate both physically and in the realm of ideas. What separates a good map and a great one is that the latter doesn’t stop with just mapping the territory: it expands the borders of our imagination.
There’s hardly a better place to see original, unusual, and interesting maps than this subreddit right here. Though we can’t mention the name (thanks, internet police!), it’s a veritable treasure chamber for cartographers, amateur and professional alike! Having celebrated its 10th birthday this spring, the online group now boasts more than 1.6 million members, pulling in thousands of new ones on a steady basis. Content is king and these redditors, including the founder, land surveyor Patrick McGranaghan, make some truly marvelous maps.
Featured here you’ll find some of the freshest and greatest new maps. Pack your bags, put on your safari hats, and let’s go on an adventure, Pandas! Just remember to upvote the maps that you enjoyed the most, the ones that taught you something new, and the ones that gave you a fresh perspective on the world.
Patrick, the founder of the subreddit, revealed to Bored Panda what makes a good mapmaker and whether we all need to be tip-top artists. A lot depends on the purpose of the map itself, however, the main goal is to make it as informative and easy to understand as possible. Art skills? Not as important. (Though certainly a plus!)
"There are many different reasons one chooses to make a map. Sometimes for navigation, sometimes for showing statistical phenomena, and sometimes for fantasy. While artistic skill helps, it is not absolutely necessary. The important thing is to make it easy for users to glean useful information. Most maps should have a thesis or a story it is going to tell and this needs to be told through the map," he said.
Hungry for more magnificent maps? Then you’ll want to have a scroll through Bored Panda’s previous articles about map-lovers and their creations here: [Unrolls 5 parchments with ancient symbols and drawings] Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
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The Journey Of An Arctic Fox Who Walked From Norway To Canada In 2018
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The Baltic Way. On 23 August 1989, Two Million People Joined Their Hands To Form A Human Chain Spanning 675.5 Km Across The Three Baltic States. The Protest Was Against The Soviet Occupation, And To Support The Independence Movements Of The Three States
#3
A Map Art Piece I'm Working On Of Paris' Latin Quarter
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No One Lives In The Green Part Of New Zealand,the Population Density There Is 0 People Per Km And That Is About 78% Of New Zealand Land
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Zealandia, The 8th Continent That's Almost Entirely Submerged
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Territories Where Married Gay Couples Can Buy Rifles To Protect Their Marijuana Plants
#8
Wolf Distribution In Italy Since 1900
#9
Reported UFO Sightings Map. Last 115 Years
Lance LaRocque 4 years ago
UFO means unidentified flying object. It does not mean alien most are probably military from earth.
#10
The Easternmost Point Of Brazil Is Closer To Africa Than To Its Westernmost Point
#11
The Longest Possible Train Travel In The World
#12
Existence Of Pangaea Proven With Evidence Of Similar Fossils Across Continents
Assistant to DJ 4 years ago
As a child I always thought this was easy to prove by just looking at a world map, the countries separated by oceans all fit together like jigsaw pieces.
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Closer To Paris Or To London?
#14
Countries That Have Yet To See True Temperature Extremes
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After Tokyo 2020 This Map Remains The Same. All Men’s Water Polo Gold Medal Winners Since 2000 Were Born Inside This Circle
#16
Variations Of The Given Name “Paul”
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Land Reclamation In The Netherlands
Susie Elle 4 years ago
During low tide, you can walk from the mainland to the islands in the North as our country is flat as a pancake :)
#18
Butter Or Olive Oil? Based On Actual Per Capita Consumption
#19
The Strait Of Gibraltar
#20
Europe If The Sea Level Rose 100m
Tom Apeldoorn 4 years ago
Eh, the Dutch would survive. We'd just build a giant dome over the Netherlands and continue on as if nothing happened
#21
Share Of Young People Aged 25 -34 Living With Parents
#22
Number Of Prisoners Per 100 000 People In European Countries
#23
Traditional Hats Of Europe
#24
Sun Tanning vs. Skin Whitening
#25
Languages Of Europe Using Lemon And Citrus
#26
Percentage Of People Who Trust Climate Scientists, 2020
#27
How Do You Sneeze?
#28
Percentage Of Indians With Toilet 2014 vs. 2017
Ciara Stone 4 years ago
That's one of the few decent things Modi has done right for India-toilets and electricity nationwide. Didn't do anything about the slums though, like idk, HELPING them
#29
Countries That Are Obligated To Defend The United States And Vice Versa
#30
North America Compared To Jupiter
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Countries Where It's Illegal To Smack Children!
Linda Tisue 4 years ago
Sweden: in ten years of teaching at middle and high schools with 30% immigrant kids, never had a fight that drew blood. First week in US kid was put in the hospital. Don't have to do school shooting drills either
#32
Countries Whose Local Names Are Extremely Different From The Names They're Referred To In English
#33
Nearly Half Of American Will Have Obesity By 2030
#34
Number Of Cigarettes Smoked Per Smoker Per Day In European Countries
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Percentage Of Obese Population Per Country In Europe
#36
For Just A Small Space On The Pan American Highway, We Can't Drive From Alaska To Patagonia. Known As Darién Gap
Nugua Nugua 4 years ago (edited)
I hate that this world is so dangerous for women. I would love to take a few months off, rent a car and drive that route - alone. Yet I would never dare to.
#37
Size Comparison Of Vietnam With The Eastern United States
#38
Where Are The 336 Politicians In The Pandora Papers From?
Carol Emory 4 years ago
Sorry...I have a hard time believing there are no politicians with their hands in this in the USA.
#39
Map Of Neil Armstrong’s Moonwalk Compared To A Football Pitch. From The Nasa History Division
#40
The Former Island Of Urk - The Netherlands
#41
What Percent Of People From Different European Countries Wash Their Hands After Going To The Toilet
#42
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth At Its Maximum Extent
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
To make this clearer, this was a union a long time ago and it shows how far it spread (something like the 12th century).
#43
Countries Which Criticized/Defended China Security Law For Hk At Un
#44
Maximum Thermometer Readings In The Entire History Of Meteorological Observations, °с
Red rockin lobster 4 years ago
11th August 2021 the temperature in Sicily was 48,8°C. Close to Siracusa
#45
Legality Of Cannabis (Marijuana) Across The Us And The Eu. August 2021 Data
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Percent Who Own Guns
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Population Of America's In 1950 vs. 2020
#48
Video Game Map Of Europe (Map Of Famous Video Games Developed By Each Country In Europe)
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Percent Of The Population Incarcerated In Prisons Across The Eu And The Us. This Calculation Takes The Entire Population Into Account, If Only The Adult Population Would Be Taken Into Account, These Numbers Would Be Higher
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
In many states in the U.S., prisoners can't vote. However, prisoners do count as residents for census purposes, which impacts congressional seats and funding. Inmates are also frequently shipped to states far away from their home state for prison. This means, states who want more political power are incentived to build prisons, imprison people, and keep people imprisoned for longer to have more funding coming in and more political sway. It's a really, really awful idea that continues completely legally in the U.S.
#50
Homeless People Per 10,000 People In The United States
#51
The First, Second, And Third Most Spoken Languages In NYC By Neighborhood
#52
How The World Is Divided Between McDonald's And Subway
#53
Eurozone Countries' Currencies Before Adopting The Euro
Diana Eriksson 4 years ago
I think it's sad. Currency is a part of culture, and I hate when it changes. They also made great souvernirs before everyone got Euro.
#54
The Number Of Skyscrapers By State
#55
Traveling To The Us From European Countries (Visa Requirement And Refusal Rate)
Ciara Stone 4 years ago
Ahhh the good ole US hypocrisy. Everyone here is a descendant of immigrants who took indigenous people's land then slaughtered them, yet tons of people here hate immigrants. It wouldn't be 'Murica without hypocrisy everywhere you turn.
#56
Same-Sex Legalization In Europe As Compared To The Us
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