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.

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Map created by Word.TipsThe map above shows the most mispronounced drinks from most countries on earth. Rioja (ree·ow·huh) was the most mispronounced drink with 1.4 million listen (more on that below):

Here’s how they figured it out:

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Map crated by Sasha TrubetskoyThe map above shows the number of gold courses per million people. Unsurprisingly, really popular in the United States, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

And to a lesser extent in the rest of Europe, South Africa and Japan.

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Map created by School of CitiesThe map above shows the location of almost every parking ticket issued in Toronto, Canada between 2011 and 2020.

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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Map found on redditThis map shows how the word “pineapple” is referred to in various European languages.

Most European languages use a word derived from the Old Tupi word “nanas,” (which means excellent fruit) resulting in variations such as “ananas.”

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Map created by reddit user Smacpats111111The map compares the GDP per capita of US States with Canadian Provinces in nominal (non-cost of living adjusted) US dollars. And the one thing that’s immediately obvious is how much richer most US states are compared to Canadian provinces.

The data the map uses is for 2021, but below I’ve included data for 2023 for Canada and 2022 for the US.

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The maps here all look at the most common questions Americans ask about other countries.

They come from CashNetUSA with a good mix of serious and not so serious questions.

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Map created by Detlef Gronenborn, Barbara Horejs, Börner, OberThe map above shows the diffusion of agriculture from Southwest Asia (the Fertile Crescent) to Europe between approximately 9,600 BCE and 3,800 BCE.

The different colors on the map represent regions with the approximate time periods during which agriculture was introduced, while the arrows indicate the likely diffusion routes.

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Travel Times to Wembley

These isochron travel time maps to each of London’s major football stadiums were all created using TFL’s WebCAT (no loner available).

The service is primarily aimed at the planning community, but as these estimated travel time maps to London’s biggest football stadiums show, the public can benefit as well.

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The map above shows the Chagos Islands also known as the Chagos Archipelago and were up until October 3 2024 part of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The islands have a combined area of just 56.13 km2 (21.67 sq mi).

From the Guardian:

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