Brilliant Maps – Page 34 – Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time

U.S. Counties Where Schools Close for Jewish Holidays

January 4, 2015 5 Comments

The map above shows where schools close for Jewish Holidays. Reddit user jonross14 explains more about how he created the map:

My wife and I created this map. A colored county means that at least one school countywide closes for Jewish Holidays, not necessarily all schools in the county. We also designated a county if they only closed for one Jewish holiday, for example Yom Kippur but not Rosh Hashanah, or if a district consistently gives a PD (teachers-only) day on a Jewish holiday. TL;DR if any district in a county closes school to students for any Jewish holiday they are included in this map. Enjoy!

If, like me, you’re not familiar with the major Jewish holidays they are:

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Average Colour Hue of Country & US State Flags

January 3, 2015 2 Comments

Map by reddit user delugetheory

Here’s the last post for awhile about flag colours. Previous posts have looked at The Shade of Red Each Country Has On Its Flag and Countries Whose Flags Contain Red and/or Blue. The map above looks at what happens when you blend all the colours from each country’s flag proportionally.

Somewhat surprisingly there is a relatively large variety of colours, given that red and blue so often appear on flags.

Below you can see what happens when you do the same thing for individual US state flags:

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Countries Whose Flags Contain Red and/or Blue

January 3, 2015 12 Comments

Map by reddit user PieJesu, edit by will_holmes

As we saw in a previous post, the vast majority of the world’s countries have at least some red in their flag. The next most popular colour is blue, with only a handful of countries having neither colour in their flag.

The following countries have neither red or blue, but do all have green:

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How The Population of North America Fits Into Europe

January 3, 2015 15 Comments

North America In Europe

Created by: reddit user Tom1099

Based on this popular post around the idea of how you can fit the population of the United States into various countries. The map above looks at how you could fit the population of North America into Europe, and still have several million people left over.

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The Shade of Red Each Country Has On Its Flag

January 3, 2015 Leave a Comment

Map by reddit user xyuksr

The map above simply shows the shade of red that appears on each country’s flag, assuming of course it has red on it. The data comes from here, which shows that 148 out of 192 countries (77%) have some red in their flags.

The reddest flags are:

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Most Common Words In Incorporated Place Names By US State

January 2, 2015 2 Comments

Most Common Words In Incorporated Place Names By US State

Map by reddit user darinhq

Ever wonder what word most commonly appears in your State’s place names? Me neither, nevertheless the map above is really interesting. The overwhelming majority of states have the rather unoriginal ‘city’ as the most common word.

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Which Countries Are Due East And West Of The Americas?

January 2, 2015 1 Comment

Map by reddit user e8odie

Ever sit on a beach and wonder what’s on the other side of the ocean? Well if you live anywhere in the Americas, the map above has your answer. It shows which countries are due east or west.

Perhaps most interesting countries on the map are Chile and Greenland, where it’s possible to sail right round the world and still end up in the same country.

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Welcome Lithuania! The Eurozone as of January 1st, 2015

January 1, 2015 Leave a Comment

Map created by @Reilly_EU

Starting today Lithuania becomes the 19th member of the Eurozone. All countries that join the EU are supposed to work towards adopting the Euro (with a few exceptions discussed below). The map above shows which European countries are currently using the Euro. They are:

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8 Maps Showing How The US Fits Into The Rest Of The World

December 31, 2014 2 Comments

How the US Population Fits in Europe by reddit user jackblack2323

The US is the third most populous country on earth, with over 320 million people according the current U.S. Census Population Clock. Yet, only around 4.4% of the world’s people live in the country and considering it’s only the 180th most densely populated country on earth, it’s rather sparsely populated.

Moreover, if the US ever wanted to catch-up with China (most populated) or India (soon to be most populated), it would have to increase its population fourfold (1.2 billion+). Even then, this would still only make it the 89th most densely populated country on earth (assuming of course no population changes in any other country).

However, all this can be rather difficult to visualize. Wouldn’t it be easier to just see how the current US population fits into the rest of the world? Well the clever users of reddit have done just that. They’ve created all the maps on this page that help show how large (or not) America’s population really is.

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Flag (Vexillographical) Map of Europe & North Africa

December 29, 2014 3 Comments

Map created by reddit user Mainstay17

Who doesn’t love flags or to use the technical term Vexillology? The map above simply matches European, North African and some Middle Eastern countries with their respective flags.

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