Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above shows how crazy Canada’s population distribution is.
The blue island is Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada’s smallest and least populous province.
If it wasn’t for Anne of Green Gables the island would probably be almost entirely unknown outside Canada (or really within Canada for that matter).
Before seeing the map, I’d never head about the occupation here’s what I learned about it:
from the author:
But why was it created and why did it collapse so quickly.
Anyone with a passing interest in geography is probably aware that the Mercator Map projection grossly distorts the size of some countries.
You can see by just how much on the following article: Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country.
Alternatives do exist, which you can learn more about here: Map Projections & What They Say About You.
However, even I didn’t fully realise how distorted my view of the world was until I started playing around with Free Map Tools’ Measure a Distance tool.
Below are 7 maps showing just how much bigger and smaller some parts of the world are compared to what you probably think they are.
The 5 maps below are all examples of one country being separated from another by only 1 land border.
The map above shows the percentage of US homes with at least one air conditioner. It ranges from a high of 97% in Delaware
and Iowa (how is Florida not 100%?) to a low of just 7% in Alaska.
The data comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration for 2020.
Here’s more details:
And here’s what happened next:
