Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above comes from the US Department of Energy.
It shows which states have a full moratorium on new nuclear power plants (blue), which states formerly had moratoriums but have now been repealed (green) and which states have additional restrictions on the type nuclear power plants that can be built.
Details of the Map:
The map above shows what you call someone from each US state, what is known as Demonym. It also color codes them based on if it ends in (a)n, (e)r, ian, or ite.
The names come from the U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual, but are not always the only ones used.
Here’s a full list below along with some alternatives (some of which are quite old):
The map above compares obesity rates in US states with those in European countries.
The map is on the latest 2024 data for US states from World Population Review here and European countries from World Health Organisation (WHO) data here.
Here are the full 2024 numbers:
The animated map above shows timelapse of London Underground services.
It was created by Brian Greenlees using Adobe Animate.
You can also see his New York City MTA Subway Services one here.
The animated map above shows peak-hour New York City MTA Subway Services based on scheduled services.
It was created by Brian Greenlees using Adobe Animate.
Also see the Animated Timelapse of The London Underground
The New York City Subway operates 24/7, with train frequencies varying by line, time of day, and day of the week.
Here’s a general overview of train frequencies for each line:
You can find the full list below but here are the top and bottom for each type:
The total number of deaths are written on each state and the background colour shows the number of deaths per 100,000 people.
The data comes from The American War Library. Which you can see below: