40 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Teach You Something New About Our World (New Pics)
With so much information being thrown at us on a daily basis, it’s easy to lose focus and drift into apathy. Who cares about so many things at once, anyway?
No wonder more and more people are drawn to this old-time form of systematized information accompanied by great visualization. We’re talking maps. And not just dusty maps from your attic, but the most fascinating pieces that present things we know (and the ones we don’t!) in a refreshing light.
This subreddit has already earned its name as the ultimate destination for fans of cartography, so below we prepared a new batch of the most intriguing examples. After you’re done, be sure to check out more features of maps we did before here, here, and here.
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There Is A Lake In Finland, That Looks Like Finland
In case you're wondering, because I looked it up immediately when I had learned about it: It's manmade, was made in 1991, is 116 meters long, and a 1:10,000 scale of Finland! The construction engineer was Esko Sääskilahti. It was going to be the Centerpoint of a tourist village, but that part was never completed. The lake took a week to excavate. Hope you enjoyed learning some more! :-)
A World Map Drawn By Ottoman Sailor Ali Macar Reis In 1567 (Considered The Most Accurate In The Time Period)
Concentration Of Castles In Europe
My Dad's World Map Pencil Case From 1961
Map Of All The Counties Of The Contiguous United States Carved From Over 3 Thousand Wooden Blocks
Probably 'counties', not countries. Edit 5 hours later to add: hmm, they changed the title from 'countries' to 'counties' so this comment now confusing, "huh?".
Topography Of Europe
Obesity Rates In The USA vs. Europe
In The Film Rat Race (2001), The First Cow Seth Green Hits Whilst Hanging From A Hot Air Balloon, Has A Map Of The World As Its Spots
Countries Where "Conversion Therapy" Is Still Legal
Americans Were Asked To Point To Iran On A Map
Has Russia Been At War With European Countries?
World's Population
I Rode My Bicycle 11,877 Miles Across Europe
Which Country Has The Most Attractive People According To Europe
The State Of Democracy
Yet life isn't bad here. I'm having a great day.nd I'm just an average blue collar American.
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Hurray for western Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia! Too much red otherwise
Each country's own system based on measures assessing pluralism, civil liberties and political culture.
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All hail the Nordics - apparently the only true democracies in the world.
I'm curious what the official distinction is between a full democracy and flawed democracy?
Look up the democracy index, it gives the categories and how they are judged. There is quite a lot to it.
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Hybrid regimes are the worst! At least in full authoritarian regimes there's a clear figure to oppose and in a flawed democracy there's room to improve.
Oh in terms of Pakistan we definitely know who to oppose.
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You know the guy who created democracy (I think Socrates?) Was voted by the people to die...full on democracy is weird, i think it takes a very special country to get it to work, one angry mob could cause a huge problem if they get to be a majority
I think in this past year, Russia has went from pink to red. Not directly so much with it's invasion of Ukraine but now how they are treating their own people. Putin is the absolute ruler, no longer a simple elected official. He is now president for life. Foes of his regime are being assassinated, sent to labor camps, & even executed in horrible ways. He is acting more like Stalin everyday.
this chart was obviously put out by a British person, kind of funny that they think they are a "Full" democracy (whatever that means) after all the s**t that has been going on in their parliament that last couple of years
No. The sh!t going on and that we can get rid of PMs we are not happy with, is part of democracy. Besides there being a very great deal more to it. The Democracy Index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties and political culture. The Democracy Index produces a weighted average based on the answers to 60 questions, each one with either two or three permitted answers. Most answers are experts' assessments. Some answers are provided by public-opinion surveys from the respective countries. If you looked it up rather than used it to put the boot in, you'd see it is pretty thorough and reasonably assessed.
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Must be an older map showing projections. As is, after 2016 the US should not score more than 4.00-5.99, with a declining trend to the number. Russia should in no way be above 2.99 since Putin began his second stint as president of that dictatorship in all but name.
Care to share what makes the US a hybrid regime?
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Our Danish exchange student's Dad, when asked "how do you folks enjoy the socialized medicine, pensions, etc. without scandal?" said..."you have to watch them EVERY minute". Sigh.....we are SO disengaged. Hence the flawed Republic.
Please put us, the US down as a hybrid regime since 2016.
the US is not a democracy. It is a republic (as described by the founding fathers).
Might be helpful for you to read the qualifications that make up the different categories and why they get certain classifications. You'll then see why it really isn't.
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What really needs to change is some people's gullibility.
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Position Of The North Magnetic Pole Since 1590
Map Of Greek Island Chains
A Map Of Every American City
Languages Spoken In China
Most Polluted Cities In The World On November 5, 2022
What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe
Why is everybody walking away from Poland? Did Poland say anything controversial again?
How Do You Say The Number 92
Most Popular Sport In Each Country
Estimated Average Age Of Young People Leaving Their Parental Household, 2019
People Who Think Forcing A Partner To Have Sex Should Not Be Illegal. Survey Around The EU
School Uniform Policy By Country
I love how Finland is like "Perkele, absolutely no school uniforms in our place!"
How Much Trouble Lions Are Really In
this is somewhat misleading... the blue is game reserves. There would be near-zero lions left without game reserves.
Forests In Germany, 50 A.d. vs. Today
UN Vote To End US Embargo Against Cuba
Where The Death Penalty Survives Around The World
In my country (South Africa) we have terrible crime rates. Some say bringing the death penalty back would reduce it but Europe is a good example that that would not be the case.
Terrorist Attacks In Europe That Killed At Least One Person 1970-2015
World’s Most Surveilled Cities
Countries That Have Been Bombed By The US
Countries That Have Us Military Bases
America
Traditional Naming Customs Around The World
Where The World Wants To Move To
Life Expectancy At Subnational Level
A Map Of Every Chinese City
Most Common Baby Names In London, 2021
I was reading the names In black and thought what the hell are they naming their children
Note: this post originally had 126 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
