Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
Built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle marking the centenary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was designed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, with architect Stephen Sauvestre, at Gustave Eiffel’s company.
The map above shows a really interesting breakdown of where Americans come from in each state over time between 1850 and 2020. Some states have almost no foreign born residents, while other have loads.
The two maps here come from Josh Metcalf at VoteHub and show the 30 most Democratic and 30 most Republican major metro areas from the top 100 in the United States.
The data is based on the 2024 presidential results within CBSA boundaries.
The following maps all come from X/Twitter user @heatmappr and show DNA Distance Heatmaps (aka how genetically similar one group is with another).
You can get Custom Genetic Heatmap Maps from their online store here.
And as always these maps are meant to be fun and not taken too seriously.
The following four maps come from @mattsurelee‘s Instagram page and are solely based on a survey of his users.
The map above shows one of the odder things about the world, not all countries define the first floor of a building the same way. For example, In Canada and the US the first floor is the floor at street level.
But, in the UK the floor at street level is called the ground floor and the next level up is called the first floor.
Something I found slightly confusing when I moved from Canada to the UK!
Recently, twitter user @47Tolkien has been posting some interesting genetic maps showing which areas of the world are more genetically similar to one group or country than another.
The data comes from https://mygeneticmaps.com/, here’s what he says about the maps:
The map above shows the places in the US where it’s acceptable for adults to put ketchup on a hot dog and Chicago.
Look at the map above and see if you can figure out where the following 26 cities are located.
Here are just a few fun maps showing how each US region voted in Presidential elections from 1948 to 2024.