The map above shows the percentage of voters in each state who voted in the 2016 presidential election but didn’t vote for either Hillary or Trump.
Global Warming at Different Latitudes By Year Vs 1961-90 Average
The map above shows the range of global temperatures at different latitudes in 11 year windows starting in 1948-1958 ending in 2008-2018.
Anything to the left of the black line is cooler than the 1961-1990 average at that latitude and anything to the right is warmer.
The British Empire At Its Territorial Peak Covered Nearly The Same Area As The Moon
The illustration above shows just how big the British Empire was at its territorial peak in the early 1920s. At that time it covered 35.5 million sq km (13.71 million sq mi), which represents 23.84% of the Earth’s land area or equivalent to 93.67% of the Moon’s surface area (37.9 million sq km).
Is This The World’s Longest Continuous Walk? Cape Town To Magadan
The map above potentially shows one of the world’s longest uninterrupted walks from Cape Town, South Africa to Magadan, Russia a distance of 22,387km (13,910 miles).
Map of World War 2 Shipwrecks
The map above shows many (but not all of) of the ships sunk during World War 2. The map was created by Rean Monfils and combines the Geographic Information System (GIS) database of Asian Pacific shipwrecks with the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean (AMIO) WWII shipwreck database.
1988 East German Map of West Berlin
The map above is one of our favourites. It shows (or rather doesn’t show) West Berlin in 1988. It was published in East Germany just one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country
While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.
The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.
You can see an animation below:
National Identity In The UK Based On The 2011 Census
The map above shows the largest self-reported national identity group by share of population for each local authority area of the United Kingdom in the 2011 Census.
Countries Which Have At Some Point Claimed To Be Rome’s Successor
The map above shows which countries have claimed to the the successor to the Roman Empire at some point in their history (so called Third Rome). Learn more about each below.
A Map of Superheroes in NYC & The Areas They Protect
The map above shows some of the most popular superheroes from comics and film who protect New York City. It also explores the areas in which they either live, hide out, or roam for criminals.
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