Map created by @geoglobal_

The map above shows the huge disparity between high speed rail service in the United States compared to Europe.

In the United States:

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Map created by Yanko Tsvetkov

The map above is a humorous look at how the ancient Chinese viewed the rest of the world.

Obviously, you first have the Chinese Emperor at the centre, with everything else radiating out from there.

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Map created by reddit user BufordTeeJusticeThe map above shows how long the border between Canada and the US is when compared to Europe at the same latitude.

But as the original map author states: “The line shown here is only about 72% of the US-Canada border, and is shorter than the Russia-Kazakhstan border. The other 28% in Alaska makes the US-Canada border the longest in the world.”

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Map created by Sasha TrubetskoyThe map above shows the stereotypes of different parts of Long Island, NY. Sasha created it by:

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The map above of Shiyu Islet shows just how close Mainland China and Taiwan are at their closest point.

As you can see, the islet is much closer to the Chinese city of Xiamen in Fujian province than it is to main island of Taiwan (Formosa).

And it’s not alone, Taiwan owns several more islets close to mainland China as well as larger islands such as Lieyu (seen in the map above) and Kinmen island (Taiwan’s second largest island by area).

Here’s some more maps and pictures of them:

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The map above shows the Diomede Islands where the distance between the Russia on Big Diomede Island and The United States on Little Diomede Island is just over 2 miles.

They are also on opposite sides of the International Date line, although the Russian side is just 21 hours ahead of the United States rather than 24 because of how they’ve chosen to adopt Time Zones.

But this does mean when it’s 1am on Monday morning on the Russian side, it’s just 4am Sunday morning on the American side.

More about the islands.

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The video above is a sped up version of the following video showing the The Reconquista: Every Year.

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Excerpt of Full Map by William E. McNulty and Jerome N. Cookson, National Geographic Magazine (click for full version)The map above shows how big Doggerland may have been at it’s maximum extent in around 16,000 BC (18,000 years ago).

For more please see the following:

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Map created using Shademap.appThe map above shows how much sunlight the town of Rjukan, Norway gets at noon on the 1st of January and 1st of June.

It does not get any direct sunlight between September and March because the low sun is blocked by the tall Gaustatoppen mountain (1883 m, 6,177) ftlocated directly to the south.

However they did attempt an ingenious solution:

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Map created by reddit user FummyThe map above shows what the moon might look like if the “seas” were filled with water and became actual seas. In terms of determining the seas levels, “it’s not done by altitude, but it’s more to do with relative brightness or darkess. I’ve just increased the contrast to make it more obvious how the seas are said to connect.”

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