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The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:26 am
by etherman
A few to kick us off.

Journey of the Odyssey
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This map charts the rich variety of waterflow toponyms in the US, which reflects the climatological and geographical diversity of the country, but also its linguistic and historical heritage. River names seem extremely resistant to change, and indeed often are echoes of earlier dominant cultures [1].
About the above. The colours on the map, which is based on the place names in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, correspond to the generic toponyms for waterflows, excluding the two commonest ones (river and creek, rendered in gray).

Kabballah Tree of Life Map. (fudge knows)
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Twitter Posts Map
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The Universe. Thanks to apposite:
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217 ... hanced.swf

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:32 am
by Ballwrinkle
The twitter one is depressing because it shows that virtually every numbnut in the UK is posting. I'm sure a facebook map would show similar results.

Meanwhile Ive just seen on the news that 50% of kids don't get GCSE maths. GCSE is so f**king basic its laughable and half of 16 olds here don't pass it. But they can post on Twitter with ease. That's great.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:59 am
by etherman
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:01 pm
by etherman
Map of mans movements on the Moon overlaid on a chavball pitch for scale:

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:03 pm
by camroc1

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:04 pm
by etherman
Nabokovs Map of the wanderings of Leopold Bloom:

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:10 pm
by etherman
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:11 pm
by etherman
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:13 pm
by etherman
Map of Humanity (apparently)

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:25 pm
by etherman
Arguably one of the most important maps ever drawn. John Snows map of Cholera deaths in Soho, congregating around a particular water pump.
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Here's a little Cholera animation.

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Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:46 pm
by etherman
'Mon tae fudge guys. More maps! :evil:

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:34 pm
by amadangomor
What the Dutch planned to take from Germany after WW2

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http://bigthink.com/ideas/21114

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:40 pm
by amadangomor
Probably posted on the old board
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Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:47 pm
by etherman
Yep, but well worth posting again! :thumbup:

Live train map in and out of birmingham, if you like that kind of thing:

http://traintimes.org.uk/map/

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:58 pm
by GDBFC99
French rugby map

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Original (much bigger and readable) file in spoiler
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:08 pm
by amadangomor
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:35 pm
by easyray
amadangomor wrote:Probably posted on the old board
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I'm reading the book 'Fatherland' by Robert Harris at the moment and that map is very similar to his description of the Greater German Reich in the book.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:48 pm
by Flyin Ryan
etherman wrote:A few to kick us off.

Journey of the Odyssey
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should've hired a better navigator (rimshot)
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This map charts the rich variety of waterflow toponyms in the US, which reflects the climatological and geographical diversity of the country, but also its linguistic and historical heritage. River names seem extremely resistant to change, and indeed often are echoes of earlier dominant cultures [1].
About the above. The colours on the map, which is based on the place names in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, correspond to the generic toponyms for waterflows, excluding the two commonest ones (river and creek, rendered in gray).
cool

my area's the unromantic sounding swamp

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:03 pm
by tabascoboy
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:44 pm
by tabascoboy
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:55 pm
by Angry_Bull
This is pretty awesome!

http://goldns.ru/cppmap-2012.png

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:11 pm
by Leffe
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:16 pm
by Blindsider47
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:40 pm
by Leffe
Blindsider47 wrote:Image
This map is bullshit; Canada is pretty much the same size as the USA.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:42 pm
by Snooze
Leffe wrote:
Blindsider47 wrote:Image
This map is bullshit; Canada is pretty much the same size as the USA.
It's bigger by a long shot. Look at the Northern parts of Canada, it's very wide and vast.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:43 pm
by ZappaMan
Am I being whooshed? It's a comparative GDP map.

I'm being whooshed :blush:

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:44 pm
by Ballwrinkle
Snooze wrote:
Leffe wrote:
Blindsider47 wrote:Image
This map is bullshit; Canada is pretty much the same size as the USA.
It's bigger by a long shot. Look at the Northern parts of Canada, it's very wide and vast.
Canada is much much bigger than the USA. Probably only Americans don't know that.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:54 pm
by danthemanMunster
Ballwrinkle wrote:
Snooze wrote:
Leffe wrote:
Blindsider47 wrote:Image
This map is bullshit; Canada is pretty much the same size as the USA.
It's bigger by a long shot. Look at the Northern parts of Canada, it's very wide and vast.
Canada is much much bigger than the USA. Probably only Americans don't know that.
Canada: Total area (sq km) 9,984,670

USA: Total area (sq km) 9,526,468

According to britannica.com

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:55 pm
by Cossax
Presume it's GDP/GNP rather than size.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:55 pm
by springtide
danthemanMunster wrote:
Ballwrinkle wrote:
Snooze wrote:
Leffe wrote:
Blindsider47 wrote:Image
This map is bullshit; Canada is pretty much the same size as the USA.
It's bigger by a long shot. Look at the Northern parts of Canada, it's very wide and vast.
Canada is much much bigger than the USA. Probably only Americans don't know that.
Canada: Total area (sq km) 9,984,670

USA: Total area (sq km) 9,526,468

According to britannica.com
I think it relates to population or maybe GDP? That's why I go mad when people post graphs without defining the axis.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:56 pm
by danthemanMunster
A quick google search suggests GDP comparison. Pretty interesting representation.

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:01 pm
by Huesos
It is, though Brazil's GDP is about twice NY's.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:14 pm
by Snooze
danthemanMunster wrote:
Canada: Total area (sq km) 9,984,670

USA: Total area (sq km) 9,526,468

According to britannica.com
Jaysus, that surprises me. I never bothered to check, I just know Canada is the 2nd largest in the world. One earthquake around here could change that.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:16 pm
by Flyin Ryan
Snooze wrote:
danthemanMunster wrote:
Canada: Total area (sq km) 9,984,670

USA: Total area (sq km) 9,526,468

According to britannica.com
Jaysus, that surprises me. I never bothered to check, I just know Canada is the 2nd largest in the world. One earthquake around here could change that.
When people think of size they typically just think the lower 48 and don't consider Alaska (largest state by size).

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:18 pm
by springtide
Snooze wrote:
danthemanMunster wrote:
Canada: Total area (sq km) 9,984,670

USA: Total area (sq km) 9,526,468

According to britannica.com
Jaysus, that surprises me. I never bothered to check, I just know Canada is the 2nd largest in the world. One earthquake around here could change that.
problem is the rectangular map that distorts the poles and enlargens them beyond what they in reality would be. Therefore Russia and Canada look even bigger than they really are.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:22 pm
by OB..
Flyin Ryan wrote:When people think of size they typically just think the lower 48 and don't consider Alaska (largest state by size).
"If Texans don't stop boasting, we'll cut Alaska in half and made Texas the THIRD biggest state."

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:37 pm
by Leffe
Snooze wrote:
It's bigger by a long shot. Look at the Northern parts of Canada, it's very wide and vast.
I checked the interbebz and it said Canada was slightly smaller. But check out the size of Australia on it. And the NL is not that big....

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:38 pm
by danthemanMunster
springtide wrote:
Snooze wrote:
danthemanMunster wrote:
Canada: Total area (sq km) 9,984,670

USA: Total area (sq km) 9,526,468

According to britannica.com
Jaysus, that surprises me. I never bothered to check, I just know Canada is the 2nd largest in the world. One earthquake around here could change that.
problem is the rectangular map that distorts the poles and enlargens them beyond what they in reality would be. Therefore Russia and Canada look even bigger than they really are.
My own (albeit limited) understanding is that the Peters projection map might give a more accurate depiction in terms of area.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:39 pm
by Leffe
Leffe wrote:
Snooze wrote:
It's bigger by a long shot. Look at the Northern parts of Canada, it's very wide and vast.
I checked the interbebz and it said Canada was slightly smaller. But check out the size of Australia on it. And the NL is not that big....
Ahhh GDP. I thought about that but there's no title / index thingie.

Re: The Unusual Maps Thread

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:43 pm
by danthemanMunster
Voila

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