View The World In A Whole Different Way!
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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
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- Ms. Reneeover 15 yearsAngeline--Why would making a map this way be cool? What would others learn from your map? Emma-- So tell me, how is this map weird and awesome? I need some details!!! Keep thinking gals~!~
- Ms. Reneeover 15 yearsMaddie-- I like how you mentioned details about specific info that you learned from this article. I can tell that you actually read it. Good work!
- Maddie over 15 yearsWOW! I can't believe how easy it is to tell what cities in the USA have a bulge in population such as: Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.
- Emmaover 15 yearsThat would be really cool and werd.It would be awsome.WOW! That would be relly diffrent though. Amazing!
- Angelineover 15 yearsWow! I have never thought of doing a map this way. I now have seen such a great way of doing a map so cool!!!
- Ms. Garciaover 15 yearsHow might the population atlas effect our view or perspective of planet earth?
- Mrs. Dobeover 15 yearsI noticed these maps look very funny. I wonder if they have mapped the world by kids? Which countries have the most children? I am going to go to the website and check it out!
- cat lover 2010over 15 yearswhoaa!!!! soooooo wayyyyyyyyy coolllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- ashleyover 15 yearssooooo cool
- heatherover 15 yearsthats so cool