Vivid Maps

The rate of incidents per 100,000 residents for the two most common sexually transmitted diseases (gonorrhea and chlamydia) and calculating

Cities

October 13, 2017 Alex

Historical expansion and relocation of Oslo

1048: According to the sagas, Oslo (or Aslo) was founded by King Harald Hardrada in 1048. But archaeological finds suggest

Cultural cartography

October 12, 2017 Alex

Date format by country

The legal and cultural expectations for date and time representation differ among nations. It is essential to know all-numeric calendar dates used in a particular country to know what date is expected.

Google

October 12, 2017 Alex

How auto-complete describes the U.S. States

Why is Washington is so liberal, Minnesota – democratic, while Arizona is racist? This map is Google’s representation of our

Map that shows the real sizes of countries.

Map Projections

October 12, 2017 Alex

The Mercator Problems

The Mercator map is a cylindrical map projection first introduced by the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. The projection is the most heavily used in our society, appearing everywhere from books to apps to Google Maps, and tends to be what most of us think of when pondering the world map.

Energy Interactive maps

October 12, 2017 Alex

U.S. electricity sources

The map below shows how the United States generates electricity. The circles represent a power source, color represents a type, and

Economic maps

October 12, 2017 Alex

European countries with economy smaller than Catalonia

Reddit user: eivarXlithuania Catalonia’s nominal GDP: – Total: $255.204 billion – Per capita: $33,580 Catalonia’s GDP (PPP): – Total: $336.162 billion