Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The map above supposedly shows the prevalence of blond hair in the population around the world.
The map doesn’t list its sources and the definition used.
Moreover, what counts as blond varies from country to country and even throughout a person’s lifetime (When I was a kid I had very blond hair, which then turned brown and is now rapidly turning grey).
But here’s a bit more on blond hair:
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.
Here’s how they figured it out:
And to a lesser extent in the rest of Europe, South Africa and Japan.
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.
Most European languages use a word derived from the Old Tupi word “nanas,” (which means excellent fruit) resulting in variations such as “ananas.”
The data the map uses is for 2021, but below I’ve included data for 2023 for Canada and 2022 for the US.
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.
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.
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.