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
A Map Visualizing The Armenian Genocide - Started 106 Years Ago
Tears... I just can't. WTF is wrong with men? It's always men doing this s**t.
And still Turkey denies it even happened!! Shame on you, Turkey!!
This map is misleading and inaccurate because it needs to have a U.S.A. inset in the modern part that would show the U.S. population of somewhere between 500,00 and 1,500,000 Armenians. There are about 100,000 Armenians in Glendale, CA alone.
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 :/
Terminology Of The British Isles
This so helpful to me as an American! I struggle to understand the nuance. Is the graphic accurate?
Internet In Africa
Paper Sizes Around The World
America’s Beautiful Weather Zones By Mattie Lubchansky
Abolition Of Monarchy In Europe (Red: Monarchy Still Exists)
in 1905, there were only three republics in Europe: Switzerland, France and San Marino
Global Democracy Index 2022 By The Economist
Birthplaces Of The 100 Fastest 10,000m Runners Of All Time
Germany's Religious Divide
Each Star Represents A Capital City Of A Country
Countries Where Reddit Is Banned
Distances Of Lord Of The Rings Travels
European Cultural Superiority
Countries That Have At Least One Operational Metro System
No metro on Greenland? This is outrageous! I demand an underground sleigh system operated by (imported) reindeer!
Abortion Rights In Europe, But It's Actually True And It Covers All Of Europe
Innocent Opinions That Divide Nations
Comparative Size Of Australia And The Mediterranean
Effort For A More Accurate Regional Basis Butter vs. Olive Oil Map Of Europe [oc]
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Makes sense. We have regions where olive trees can grow and regions that are good for dairy farming.
%of Europeans Who Can Read & Write Atleast One Foreign Language...
I'm not sure what level of proficiency this is being measured by as in the UK we have learnt at least one foreign language in school for decades, but not sufficiently well to be fluent in it. We start too late and don't go deep enough, but it is unfair to think that we don't actually learn any foreign languages.
The Wall Street Journal Publishes An Infographic Of The Transfer Of Units Of The Russian Armed Forces To The Western Borders. Mostly Units From The Eastern Regions Of The Russian Federation Are Involved
Most Common Means Of Transportation To Work By County. [usa] Acs Survey
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How West Berlin Appeared On A 1988 East German Map
First Google Autocomplete Result For: "Why Do [country's People] ...?". Source: Landgeist
![First Google Autocomplete Result For: "Why Do [country's People] ...?". Source: Landgeist](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/620e5932f2848_9u03v9v25wg81-png__880.jpg "First Google Autocomplete Result For: \"Why Do [country's People] ...?\". Source: Landgeist")
Egypt / Vietnam
Exactly 100 Years Ago The British Empire Was At Its Territorial Peak
The Two Largest Countries In The Southern Hemisphere Compared
Each Of These 8 Zones Has 41 Million People
A Linguistic Map Of Mexico Before The European Colonization
Legality Of Judaism In Europe In The Year 1500
Here Is A Circle Of 5000 Kilometers Radius, With Paris As Center. (According To The Mercator Projection)
Countries Without Words In The National Anthem
When you see Spanish athletes muttering when getting a medal, they are most probably saying "LOLOLOLOLOLO"
The Hidden Continent Of Zealandia (Outlined In Gray)
The Logo Of European National Postal Services
Global Freedom. Source: Landgeist
This needs to be taught in American schools. So many Americans think the US is the only free country in the world
“Lgbtq+ Free” Zones In Poland
The Scariest Thing In Every European Country
Military Aid To Ukraine In Europe
Annual Tea Consumption Pro Capita In Europe. Source: Landgeist
European Countries Compared To Countries Of Similar Size [oc]
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Countries With A Higher Median Net Worth Per Adult Than The United States ($usd)
Highest Medal Won At The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Aka, countries that get a lot of snow (and Australia) versus countries that don't get a lot of snow. There should still be funding available to non-snowy counties to help athletes there travel and learn these sports -- if they're interested.
Subway Line Comparision Between Rio De Janeiro And Shanghai
The Number Of Prisoners Per 100,000 People In The Countries Of The World
The Greatest And Lowest Extent Of Soviet Union
Then came Putain... (Deliberate change of spelling. It's French for b***h.)
Splitting Of The Yugoslav Mobile Telephone Prefix After Its Breakup
Abortion Rights In Europe
Most Popular Boy Name For Newborns In Each Region In Italy (2020)
Some Of The Pre-Islamic Arab Gods In Arabia
Countries With Mono-Ethnicity. Where 85% Of Population Is A Single Ethnic Group
American Backed Coups In Latin America
Honestly, there's so much complaint about immigrants making their way to the US from these countries, but when the instability has been caused by America causing the overthrow of democratically elected governments that weren't serving American commercial purposes this is what happens. And I would also point out that European countries have no place complaining about immigrants from countries that were previously their own colony. Your country is richer, has better infrastructure, and is easier to live in off the back of what you took from your colonies. It's only fair.
Manhattan Is Less Dense Today Then It Was In 1910
Legality Of Incest Around The World
Size Of The Great Barrier Reef Compared To Europe
Now the water around the reef is as hot as bath water and the coral is bleaching 😓
Egypt's Population Concentrated Around The Nile River
What Did The Swedish Municipalities Vote For In The 2003 Swedish Euro Referendum (Euro Replacing The Swedish Krona As Currency)
Countries With The Lowest Homicide Rate
Russian Economy Fitted Into Western Europe.
Merry Christmas To All You Map Nerds!
Closest Capitals When In The USA
The Biggest Non-US Fast Food Chains In Europe
Chinese "Laogai" Concentration Camps
The Netherlands For Beginners
Was Your Country At War With Turkey?
Diplomatic Boycotts Of The 2022 Winter Olympics
Fertility Rate In Europe
Fertility rate or childbirth rate? Just because someone is “fertile” and capable of reproducing, it does not mean that they choose to do so.
Countries Where Covid-19 Vaccinations Are Mandatory For Everyone
Newest Republic In The World
Countries That Can Hit Any Place On Earth With A Missile
Map Of Counties Currently Interested To Host The 2036 Summer Olympics
Russia, get rid of Putin, then we can discuss hosting the Olympics.
Where Three Nations, Three Cities And Three Cultures Meet. The Triple Frontier Of Brazil, Paraguay And Argentina
Weirdest Food From Every State
For Just A Small Space On The Pan American Highway, We Can't Drive From Alaska To Patagonia. Known As Darién Gap
The Most Consumed Type Of Meat In European Countries
Bloody Nando's and kfc to answer for the chicken over this neck of the woods
Poland's Borders In 1914
Russia's Recognized “Independent States” In Separatist Regions Of Ukraine By Bbc
Russia has been issuing Russian passports to people living in these regions that have requested them, meaning that they can then invade saying that it is to protect their own citizens
The World If The Sea Level Decreased By 1000 Meters
This Road Trip Will Be The Same Temperature Year-Round
Countries/Regions That Have Imposed National/Regional Bans On Wearing Of Certain Islamic Veils
Map without context is useless. Garnements that hide the face (does not allow face identification) is forbidden due to terrorist risks. That include veils, ski masks, etc. And no I do not mean "islamic" when I speak about terrorist. Corsican, Basques, etc. are targeted too.
Prison Escapes Per 10,000 Inmates In Europe
Potential Locations For The Antics Of Wild E. Coyote And Roadrunner Based On Usgs Habitat Data
Where American's Use "Um" vs. "Uh"
More Than Half Of Mongolias Population Is Within The Red Circle.
The South — According To Self-Identified Southerners
Why dosn't everyone in Texas consider themselves part of rhe south?
Television Licence In Europe
I did not realise this was a thing outside of the UK! I have learnt something actually interesting and useful.
Democracy Index Asia(2019)
Imagine A Segregated-Road-System Where The Color Of Your License Plate Dictates Which Road You Can Drive On.
The Current State Of Ukraine At 2/21/22
That Passport Map But I Inverted The Colors So It Makes Sense Now
Which States In The US Are Actually City States?
Man, this is interesting, but a difficult read for someone notoriously bad at geography.
East German Uprising Of 1953
West german propaganda poster... have a look at the right: "Deutsche Ostgebiete unter polnischer Verwaltung" = German Eastern territories under polish administration ...
What Every State Is The Best At
Asia's Quest To Eradicating Extreme Poverty: 1981 vs. 2019
Monarchy In Europe Before And After Ww1
Slang Names Of European Capitals
Nobody calls Brussel "BX" in Belgium... Maybe "BXL" for the french speaking, but even so, it's marginal at best.
Countries Named In My History Book
History school book from where? When? Given Bored Panda is a Lithuanian website, I will by default assume it is a Lithuanian book ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Locations Of America's Biggest Pizza Chains
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!
