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Map of World War 2 Shipwrecks

December 28, 2018 10 Comments

Map of World War 2 Shipwrecks

Map created by Rean Monfils

The map above shows many (but not all of) of the ships sunk during World War 2. The map was created by Rean Monfils and combines the Geographic Information System (GIS) database of Asian Pacific shipwrecks with the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean (AMIO) WWII shipwreck database.

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Filed Under: World Maps

1988 East German Map of West Berlin

November 13, 2018 6 Comments

1988 East German Map of West Berlin

Map found at HERE 360

The map above is one of our favourites. It shows (or rather doesn’t show) West Berlin in 1988. It was published in East Germany just one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Filed Under: Germany, History

Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country

November 11, 2018 11 Comments

Mercator Vs True Size of Each Country

Map found via reddit, click for larger version

While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly by how much. Countries close to the equator barely change, whereas countries further north shrink dramatically.

The maps are all the work of climate data scientist @neilrkaye.

You can see an animation below:

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Filed Under: World Maps

National Identity In The UK Based On The 2011 Census

October 31, 2018 6 Comments

National Identity In The UK Based On The 2011 Census

Map created by reddit user RedSnowCastle

The map above shows the largest self-reported national identity group by share of population for each local authority area of the United Kingdom in the 2011 Census.

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

Countries Which Have At Some Point Claimed To Be Rome’s Successor

October 26, 2018 39 Comments

Countries Which Have At Some Point Claimed To Be Rome's Successor

Map created by reddit user RutilantBoss

The map above shows which countries have claimed to the the successor to the Roman Empire at some point in their history (so called Third Rome). Learn more about each below.

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Filed Under: Europe

A Map of Superheroes in NYC & The Areas They Protect

October 11, 2018 3 Comments

A Map of Superheroes in NYC & The Areas They Protect

Map created by TopView Sightseeing

The map above shows some of the most popular superheroes from comics and film who protect New York City. It also explores the areas in which they either live, hide out, or roam for criminals.

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Filed Under: Other

How Do You Pronounce “Scone?” – Map of the UK and Ireland

October 9, 2018 34 Comments

Scone Map of the UK and Ireland

Map created by reddit user bezzleford

How do you pronounce the word scone?

If you live in Scotland you almost certainly pronounce it in a way that rhymes with “gone”, whereas if you live in Ireland you’re far more likely to pronounce it so it rhymes with “cone.” And in England and Wales, well let’s just say it’s complicated.

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

Blagoveshchensk-Heihe: The World’s Most Unusual Conurbation?

August 13, 2018 3 Comments

Blagoveshchensk-Heihe: The World's Most Unusual Conurbation?

Map and graphic created by reddit user bellingo

At 2,824 kilometres, the Amur River (known in China as the Heilong Jiang or “Black Dragon River”) is the 10th longest in the world. For much of its length it forms the border between Russia and China.

At its confluence with the Zeya are two cities of roughly equal size which face each other across the Amur, less than 600 metres apart.

These are the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, administrative capital of the Amur region, and the Chinese city of Heihe in Heilongjiang province.

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Filed Under: Asia, Russia

Population Change in the Former Soviet Republics Between 1989 & 2018

August 13, 2018 15 Comments

Population Change in the Former Soviet Republics Between 1989 & 2018

Map found via reddit user Lucky13R

This map tells a dramatic story of change in the population of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union between 1989 (before the breakup of the USSR) and 2018.

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Filed Under: Russia

Best Selling Musical Artists By English County of Origin

August 8, 2018 28 Comments

Best Selling Musical Artists By English County of Origin

Map created by reddit user uvbseventysix

The map above shows the best selling singer, musical artist or band from each of England’s 48 ceremonial counties. The criteria seems to be where someone has grown up rather than necessarily where they were born.

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Filed Under: United Kingdom

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