View The World In A Whole Different Way!

The conventional way to project our Globe is by drawing each continent according to its landmass, which while technically correct, can get a little boring. What if we drew the Atlas based on Income or the number of Internet users in each continent? That's what the folks at WorldMapper have done and the results are quite eye opening.

One of their newest and most interesting depictions is re-sizing the Atlas by population. While we all know that India and China are the world's most populous countries and Australia, one of the least, it is amazing to see it on paper. As you can see, the former two swell up to never before seen sizes, while the world's largest country shrivels down to a tiny speck!

Individual maps of different countries reflect the same phenomenon - Cities like London, Paris, Sydney and Mexico City all appear bloated compared to the rest of the country.

Interestingly enough, while the large cities in the United States like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles do show a bulge, it is not as pronounced as some of the other countries.

WorldMapper is a collaborative effort of academics from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.To date, the team has mapped the world in 700 different ways that include categories like number of language, health, education etc. To view them check out their website at http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html

sources: dailymail.co.uk, worldmapper.com