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Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
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They include:
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Why are there so many?
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The map above shows the route of Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England including important towns, cites & forts along the route.
Here’s a brief overview of the wall and its historical importance:
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The map meme above is poking a bit of fun at the enduring popularity of the Mercator projection, even though it has many issues.
These posts explain a few of them:
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The map above shows which countries are mentioned in Canada’s national anthem, O Canada.
Unlike Hungary or Poland, Canada’s national anthem just focuses on Canada.
Although interestingly, it’s one of the few national anthems in two different languages, English and French that is not a direct translation of one another.
There is also a bilingual version.
The lyrics are below if you’re interested:
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The map above shows European countries with a smaller land area than that used for all roads and parking in the United States.
According to to Per Mile the US has an estimated 800 million parking spaces (for a total population of 335 million), or over 500 million parking space than registered vehicles.
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In total, 22.8 million parking tickets (7.6x the population of the City proper) were issued for a total of over $1 billion CAD dollars in fines.
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The map above shows a very suprising fact, only 3 countries in the world (besides the United States) have economies that are larger than California’s when measured in nominal (exchange rate) Us Dollars (USD).
Here is a full list:
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Here’s a summary of the countries mentioned: