30 Unique And Informative Maps Shared On This Group That Might Change Your Perspective On Things (New Pics)
While most of us use Google Maps and GPS on a daily basis, it’s pretty rare to find real fans of cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps. If you were ever into geography or history as a kid, the chances are you’re not much of a map person.
But today, we’re going to turn this around. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. And below we collected some of the most unusual, intriguing and informative examples of maps that will put our reality in a whole new realm.
Thanks to this awesome corner of Reddit (whose name we cannot mention thanks to the notorious internet police), there’s a LOT to uncover! Get ready to boost that inner adventurer of yours since we’re about to go places you’ve never even known existed. Psst! More awesome maps can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.
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A Map Centered On Antarctica
Made An Ink Map Of The Grand Canyon!
That is so pleasing to the eye, easy to understand the land formations and elevations, nice!
Countries That Have Had Female Heads Of State Or Government In The Last Century
Previously, Bored Panda spoke with the founder of the subreddit named Patrick, who shared some very interesting insights into the wondrous world of maps. According to him, 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.”
15th October 2019 - 1st November 2021: Indian Households With A Tap Water Connection (Data: Jal Jeevan Mission)
This Map Of All Of The Sunken Japanese Ships Of Wwii Is Mind Blowing!
The Topography Of Russia
Today, the subreddit of maps is home to 1.7 million devoted members, making it a Reddit powerhouse. But just like any other online community on the platform, changes are inevitable. Patrick told us that the subreddit is doing well, but “Reddit overall over the last few years has shifted towards mobile-friendly content. Reddit used to be only for desktop users. In the early days, the content was mostly large files that were wallpaper-sized. They were great for zooming in and exploring in detail." Those days are now gone.
The moderator also said that nowadays, "Reddit is overwhelmed" with users who only use it on their smartphones and other mobile devices. "For better or worse, that is how it is and that's the trend for the future. The subreddit contains a lot of bite-size Instagram-style statistical maps. The community upvotes this content and if that's what they want, that's the direction the sub will take," Patrick told us some time ago.
The New Longest Possible Train Journey In The World
Comparative Size Of Australia And The Mediterranean
Odd Places In The UK
Atheists Are Prohibited From Holding Public Office In 8 Us States
Are you KIDDING me? Is this why I get weird reactions online sometimes when I mention how I was atheist and now agnostic (agnosticism is basically a fancy was of saying 'we have no way of knowing'). I cannot imagine how atheism is a threat, but only from my perspective. If someone knows about this or lives in these areas I would love to hear what you have to share
Canada, But Its Just Roads
It’s always surprising how little of Canada is populated and how the roads don’t go that far up north.
A Map Visualizing The Armenian Genocide - Started 106 Years Ago
Countries With The Most Islands
America’s Beautiful Weather Zones By Mattie Lubchansky
20 Years Of Deforestation In The Amazon
Canada, But Its Just Trees
The World If The Sea Level Decreased By 1000 Meters
Is Escape A Crime?
Because being free is considered a natural human aspiration. You cannot blame someone who wants to be free. Just a side note: The police will obviously try to catch you, but no extra time will be added to your sentence for the escape.
A Phone-Map Of Ireland
This Road Trip Will Be The Same Temperature Year-Round
My idea of the perfect temperature. All you need is a light jacket👑👑👑
Innocent Opinions That Divide Nations
the question about le Mont St. Michel is only a debate between Normandy and Brittany. (And it is Normandy) The real question in France: "Pain au chocolat" or "chocolatine"?
The World's Longest Non-Stop Flights
Most Common Means Of Transportation To Work By County. [usa] Acs Survey
Of course that tiny red dot of New York counts for 18-20 million people, the United States is huge. If you wanted to connect every county with transit, it would cost about $20 Trillion.
Europe: Protests: 2020-2021
Each Star Represents A Capital City Of A Country
European Cultural Superiority
Modern Greek think that everything has ben invented by their ancestors....
Italy and France should be higher. but at least it shows some humility because i'd expect to be more than that
As a Fench person, I'm actually shocked. I' would've thought we'd be at the top.. So our reputation for snobiness is just a reputation then !
Load More Replies...I can't believe that England (and I mean England alone, not the UK) doesn't score higher here. The English sense of superiority and dreams of the old "good old days of Empire" are renowned, and increasingly led by the government. I speak as an English person, living in England. I
I suppose there are still a decent number of people who are permanently embarrassed to be English balancing it all out. I shudder every time Boris Johnson says something jingoistic.
Load More Replies...It depends. Not for food or social life for sure but most spanianrds seem to believe that the west/north european countries are wonderful utopias compared to spain.
Load More Replies...Yay Sweden! The country of low self esteem! Only beaten by Spain (seriously?), and then Belgium and Estonia.
I think us Swedes are just very humble and we really REALLY don't brag about ourselves and our country. It's like we all wanna be equal so you just don't need to feel superior to anyone else.
Load More Replies..."Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek."
Most of Europe are on their high horses, then there’s Spain and Belgium with low self esteem. But seriously Greece, those days are long gone!
As long thousands of Greek words exist and are spoken every day in English spoken countries Hellenic culture will triumph every day. The base of any western world culture is the Hellenic culture and that is something nobody can change! It's not gone it is there in many aspects of Western world life and a lot of Hellenic culture is stolen by cultivated English or German spoken thieves and exhibited in museums around the world!
Load More Replies...imagine the Germans stating they are superior to others. the backslash xD ... we are, with beer and cars, though..
There is still a lot of ignorance in the world, despite widespread education. *deep sigh*
thats just golden dawn decent greek people don't really think that
Who'd've thought that former-Soviet Georgia would score even higher than American Georgia? 85%? Really? That's pretty high for a country whose name needs to be prefaced by "former-Soviet" so Americans don't think you're talking about rednecks! Also: 36%? The French don't even like the French. (Just a joke! I'm half French, and I think France is awesome!)
In your last sentence, I was expecting you to say that you don't like France and I was about to show you how 36 % works 😄 Kidding of course.
Load More Replies...Well.. Greece is not wrong. Greek culture modeled civilization. But nowadays they are just the shadow of what they used to be.
Portugal is a tad lower than I was imagining. To this day you can find loads of Portuguese who believe that everything that their ancestors did to the places they colonized was wonderfully generous and good for the colonized. Which seems to be somewhat rare for European Nations nowadays. Most British, French and Belgian citizens I've known are more clear-eyed about their nation's past.
Hey mister, I think you forgot to add a zero to the end of France! (Just a joke no offense)
lol the Belgians giving up on their country... jk and Spain is just good-natured. I love Spanish people!
Greece is f****d up but they have a glorious past. The state of a country is, however, a result of its contemporary culture.
its all golden dawn, dude. most uf us are the best, but scared af
Load More Replies...I wonder what the US percentage is. Probably higher than Greece. Or tied.
Yhere is no fking way that 89% of my beautiful country genuinely belive that. That poll was prob taken by the government, who in turn only interview racist homophobics because they consider everyone else "Non-greeks". actually why i live in the US now, the people are great but the government isn't
Load More Replies...There is a very interesting and weird occurrence- 49% Finns think that their “culture” is superior to others but their “culture” is probably the most underdeveloped “culture “ in the whole Europe
Well considering they gave us a lot of the Western Tradition, rightly so.
The uk one should be split into Scottish, English and Welsh - I think here in Scotland we feel, not superior as such, but our parliament has made decisions that have improved peoples quality of life for so many people like free prescriptions for everyone and they’ve given extra payments to carers twice a year on top of the monthly amount, even as much as bus travel for anyone under 22 will be free from January - that’s going to save my kids a fortune! And give them more of an incentive to go places. I’m sure wales has similar things in place too that just makes life that bit easier. I love living here and don’t think I’ll ever move even if I won the lottery and had millions at my disposal, I’d be still here, it’s my home and always will be
You are doing exactly what the article is taking about though.
Load More Replies...There was a good percentage of us that were definitely not feeling superior at the time of the brexit vote as well 😞
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Olympus Mons Compared To France
Europe And North America At The Same Latitude
My county is overlaid on Turkey and is called the "Turkey Capital of the US".
“Lgbtq+ Free” Zones In Poland
Hint: LGBTQ folks still live there. I say this as a queer person. Also, you have LGBTQ folks in your family, school, religious spaces, neighborhoods, etc. We exist. Pushing us into the closet doesn't change that fact.
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