35 Informative Maps People Shared On This Group That Might Change Your Perspective On Things (New Pics)
Where would you start if you were looking for a treasure? Well, from what we learned in Jumanji, we probably need a map. In fact, maps, the precious representation of information, are key to so many secrets of the world, whether it’s the Earth, our history, politics, sociology, or anything, really.
Thanks to this corner of Reddit known for being the ultimate destination for fans of cartography, we can devour an endless variety of maps that all differ in information, style, size and other features. With 1.8 million members of the community, it’s now turning into one of those Reddit powerhouses that gives the best of online content.
Scroll down through the new batch of maps below and after you’re done, be sure to share our previous posts with the most unique and informative diagrammatic representations you may not have even known existed, here, here and here.
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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
Cyclist Recreates Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Album Cover
Bored Panda reached out to the subreddit’s founder Patrick to find out how Reddit's cartography powerhouse has been doing since we last spoke a while ago. He describes himself as “a Denver-based techno-geek with a focus on all things geospatial and cartographic and a coding hobbyist with an emphasis in geospatial applications.”
“The subreddit has been stable the last few months, however, that all changed this morning with the news out of Ukraine of the military action there,” he said. “The subreddit usually has between 2,000 and 4,000 users at a given moment on a normal day. That number spiked to a peak of over 20,000 users looking for current maps of the situation there.”
Topography Of China
All Roads Lead To Rome. This Map Is Visualises The Famous Roads Built By The Roman Empire
Atheists Are Prohibited From Holding Public Office In 8 US States
Patrick believes that the way people think of cartography is changing. “The previous generation was accustomed to paper maps that they used to navigate. This required skills in orientation and awareness that are no longer necessary with digital maps on mobile devices. Whilst there are lots of articles that eulogize the loss of these skills, I don't think it's necessarily all bad.”
The Topography Of Ukraine
Russian attack on the Ukraine started today at night. I'm devastated.
Map Showing Netherland's Progress In Flood Management (Source: Earthmagazine)
Is Escape A Crime?
According to Patrick, the history of cartography is full of changes in how maps are created and used. And right now, “we're seeing another shift in response to the digital age.” The sub’s founder explained that “the digital generation has a heightened awareness of how maps can visualize data. The tools to make maps have been democratized. This has increased interest in finding new and clever ways to see spatial data.”
“I think the hottest trends are in maps that elucidate some sort of political understanding. These can be maps of elections, voting districts, gerrymandering, political recognition, voting patterns, etc. Social media is engineered to spur controversy and this is most apparent in hot button political topics. Politically themed content will garner more discussion, controversy and comments than most other topics.”
All The Countries That Have Gained Independence From Great Britain
Beavers In Europe, 1900 And 2021
That's fantastic! Beavers are a "keystone species", that make massive contributions to the health of forests, wetlands, waterways, and even water tables! The American West is the place where they're needed most, they were almost killed off by fur traders and other interlopers, and if we had more beavers... we'd have less drought and fewer wildfires.
Most Popular Language On Duolingo
Patrick is a member of #maptime Denver, Rocky Mountain Map Society, NACIS, PLSC, Charles Close Society and Open Street Map Foundation. So he always has a new project up his sleeve. Right now he’s working on building a plugin for QGIS, an open-source map-making software.
“The topic is map projection distortion. We all know that flat maps distort the shape of the Earth. However, visualizing this is quite difficult. My plugin will work so that a user can input a projection and a given region. The output will be a map overlay that shows where the scale is closest to true and where it falls below a given threshold,” he told us and added that he’ll be happy to share it when it's finished.
Countries With A Higher Life Expectancy Than The United States
The New Longest Possible Train Journey In The World
The Red Part Contains More People Than The Blue Put Together
Russian Military Build-Up Around Ukraine
This is so frightening. It is practically right around the corner. I hope the people there are ok and can/ could be evacuated. Hope for the best!
Lot of deaths already. Definitely not okay I'm afraid to say. Very frightening.
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For those who prefer Russia, over US alliance w/ Ukraine, (and who wore t-shirts that read, "I'd rather be RED than a Democrat"), I'd gladly buy you a one-way ticket to the land of pootin'... with a promise to never come back. Damn, Reagan is probably so ashamed of the GOP and rolling in his grave right now.
The Republican party is a cult of personality built around the dumbest president we've ever had.
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The attack has started....if they move on the nato countries then...s**t ..I don't even want to think of that
Wars are bizarre. Why do they even happen? I don't understand how someone decides they want to go to war with some other nation. It's so 'not disturbing' to them.
I don't understand why the soldiers obey these idiots, I'd just give putin and zelensky a shield and spear each and say ok guys go sort this out between you.
Load More Replies... I've changed my profile pic to the Ukraine flag as a small gesture of support. Maybe we all might? I just feel so bad for the people and yet so impotent.
Maybe we can do more. Like, boycotting Russian products or companies. I for sure will not refuel my car from Lukoil or Gazprom. What scares the heck out of me is that they are currently fighting in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, near the nuclear plant.
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Most world leaders are psycho. I just don't understand how people accept war in the 21st century. Refuse to fight! If you are military, refuse! This is terrifying, people will just die, on both sides. There is no winner in war!
Any Hungarians on here? I'm very curious about what Hungarians think and if Orban will get reelected in April.
NATO is useless, and Biden is one of the worst leaders in these times
Let's see one of the NATO build-up around Russia, against the treaty that re-united Germany.
A Map Visualizing The Armenian Genocide - Started 106 Years Ago
World Map, But It’s Centered On Buenos Aires, Argentina
London's Piccadilly Tube Station. Piccadilly Circus Is A Road Junction And Public Space Of London's West End In The City Of Westminster. It Was Built In 1819 To Connect Regent Street With Piccadilly
Countries That Have, Or Have Had, Openly Gay Heads Of Government
That should read "European countries." New Zealand has had a gay head of state.
This Is A Really Fascinating Map. Languages Of Europe Around 600 Ad
World Map According To China In 1799
US States In Which Homosexuality Was Illegal From 1962 To 2012
Map Of The 2191 Meter Deep Krubera Cave. The Deepest Known Cave System In The World
This Is The Farthest Place On Earth From Any Ocean
Google: "The most distant point from an ocean is the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility (or "EPIA") 46°17′N 86°40′E, in China's Xinjiang region near the border with Kazakhstan. Calculations have shown that this point, located in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen Desert, is 2,645 km (1,644 mi) from the nearest coastline."
% Of Europeans Who Would Fight For Their Country
Map For Halloween - Every Castle In Europe
The last time this map was on here, it got torn to shreds about its sheer inaccuracy. It doesn't classify most actual castles as castles, especially in the UK and Spain, but it does count palaces and chateaux (which includes mansions and large stately homes in France only). I live a five minute walk from an actual bloody castle and it is not on this.
Most Obese Countries
Age Of Women At Birth Of Their First Child (Europe)
Fascinating if this map could be compared with ones from 50 and 100 years ago.
School Shootings In Europe Since 2010
Map Presenting Coldest Temperatures Ever Measured In Celcius...
Piracy In The 21st Century
Grading System In Europe
Most Frequent Causes Of Deaths For 50 To 69-Year-Olds. @realworldmaps
Eu Countries Pushing To Label Nuclear Power As Green Energy
Nuclear energy confuses me; it's clean yet we have no idea what to do with the waste it produces so (to my knowledge) the strategy now is to store it in the earth and figure it out in 100 years :/
Note: this post originally had 131 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
This is really not very well constructed and is missing data, explanations etc.
Since anyone can write for Bored Panda, would you like to write a better article? ☺️ I would enjoy reading one with more detailed information to go along with the maps!
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If these overly critical, pseudo intellectuals are so upset about what is presented here, then by all means please rewrite this post. It will give other overly critical, pseudo intellectuals something to criticize. For me, and I'm sure many others, I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Finding and posting all of this interesting information took a lot of time and effort that I appreciate. Keep up the good work, we're counting on you!
This is really not very well constructed and is missing data, explanations etc.
Since anyone can write for Bored Panda, would you like to write a better article? ☺️ I would enjoy reading one with more detailed information to go along with the maps!
Load More Replies... If these overly critical, pseudo intellectuals are so upset about what is presented here, then by all means please rewrite this post. It will give other overly critical, pseudo intellectuals something to criticize. For me, and I'm sure many others, I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Finding and posting all of this interesting information took a lot of time and effort that I appreciate. Keep up the good work, we're counting on you!
