Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The short video above shows the full effect of XKCD 1335 Now, which constantly updates to show you what time it is in the world where you are.
It has obviously been accelerated to show a full day’s spin in a few seconds. The actual comic completes one revolution per day.
Hidden text: This image stays roughly in sync with the day (assuming the Earth continues spinning). Shortcut: xkcd.com/now
More about it below with the help of Explain XKCD:
Here is the full list by state:
The author also states that:
The video above shows a very brief history of the wars and campaigns of Alexander the Great. Here’s a little more about the man himself, where he came from, and his legacy.
In comparison for the US Pew states: “About six-in-ten (58%) say tax rates on household income over $400,000 should be raised.”
Here’s the list of European countries from lowest to highest.
The map above is designed as a fun thought experiment: “If you were to randomly be born again, into one of these colored regions, which one would you choose?”
You can interpret exactly what that means yourself, but the way I think about it is that you have an equal chance of being born into each country of a given color.
For example if you picked Yellow, you might be randomly reborn in the United States or China or equally Afghanistan or Iraq.
Of course you could also look at it based on population or area.
Here’s a list of countries for each color:
Probably one of the few maps that highlights, Wales, Northern England, the North and East of Ireland, Sardinia, and Greece.
And when the map was posted to reddit users had the following to say:
The map above is a 1920 New Oxford Map of Australia created by by geographer Thomas Griffith Taylor and Beckit, H. O showing where you can and can’t find sheep.
The categories are very helpfully divided into either no sheep or some sheep. No categories are listed for wheat.
All has a very Settlers of Catan feel to it don’t you think?
They also created the following maps in the same series: