११ मे, २००६

Resized maps.

Fabulous revisualizations:



That's the world resized according to the number of airline passengers.

This one shows refugee origin:



Many more at the link.

२५ टिप्पण्या:

Tibore म्हणाले...

This is what happens when you over inflate your toy globe.

;)

But seriously, folks... the one's that struck me the most were the ones that dealt with toy imports and exports. Wow, we like our foreign toys here! Although it's no real surprise that China is the leading exporter; wonder if the maps for textiles and electronics would be similar.

Laura Reynolds म्हणाले...

I agree, fabulous! Makes you want to see others, maybe a website where you could pick from a menu of hundreds of items and it would morph the map from say "number of sheep" to "number of lawyers" or whatever.

Tibore म्हणाले...

Whoa! Anyone see the aircraft flights one??

http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=28

I figured the US would have a relatively high density, but still... wow!... what a difference!

chuck b. म्हणाले...

"Much of the Ireland trade is the export of imports."

Heh.

Balfegor म्हणाले...

The one that surprised me most was container ports. What could North Korea be doing with all those container ports? It's not like they have a functioning economy, after all.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Those are some great maps, thank you for the link. Going to the source, it seems many more maps are on the way.

I would love to see a map of phone calls intercepted by the NSA.

Bissage म्हणाले...

I guess they're using a narrow definition of refugee, judging from the size of Mexico.

Just kidding, folks.

SippicanCottage म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
SippicanCottage म्हणाले...
ब्लॉग प्रशासकाने ही टिप्पण्णी हटविली आहे.
SippicanCottage म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Susan म्हणाले...

All the import/export maps are depressing. The only export map where the US looms large is cereals (America: filling the world with Cheerios!). But we're a voraceous importer of just about everything.

Al Maviva म्हणाले...

Would someone like Roman Polanski be considered a refugee?

No, but I think all the Hollywood-ites and Manhattanishers who threatened to move to France and Canada were Bush re-elected probably qualify as political prisoners....

SippicanCottage म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
अनामित म्हणाले...

Wow, this one on teenage obesity is pretty telling.

http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=28

अनामित म्हणाले...

This one is interesting too:

CEO wage compared to average employee wage.

http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=28

SippicanCottage म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
The Drill SGT म्हणाले...

Bissage, the 2 you want to see are

Net immigration

http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=17


Net emmigration

http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=18

Bissage म्हणाले...
ब्लॉग प्रशासकाने ही टिप्पण्णी हटविली आहे.
Bissage म्हणाले...

The Drill SGT: Holy Guacamole!

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Machines exports is really crazy.

The Drill SGT म्हणाले...

Bissage,

Those 2 would turn a die hard immigration lawyer into a Minuteman in a minute.

Frightening implications. What happens when the last person leaves Mexico for the US? will they then allow the rest of Central America to illegally cross into Mexico and restart the process?

The Drill SGT म्हणाले...

Ann,

Not surprising historically.

German machine tools pretty much define the term. I assume the Swiss are in the same quality league. The Japanese have a corner on robotic tools. If those are in the same class, that accounts for the map.

How do I create a link in text?

altoids1306 म्हणाले...

Wow, look at Hong Kong

Bob म्हणाले...

I've always had a thing for maps, and this just feeds that jones. Dang, these are cool.

sonicfrog म्हणाले...

What about coffee drinkers???