40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

[CrispyQ]

I thought this was a cool site & wanted to share.


http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

I love #19. You can follow some links to get the full story.

[BlueJazz]

1. Thanks CrispyQ Cool !

[bahrbearian]

2. Those are Great, Bookmarked

[lpbk2713]

3. Bookmarked, thanks.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Misleading and inaccurate, in part

"countries with the most bribery"? Not really; that's prosecutions under the "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act" by the US Justice Department (which only applies to American companies using bribery in foreign countries). If that map were at all accurate it might as well be reversed and have "where the bribes come from" with the USA in blood red and everywhere else white.

[pampango]

5. I love #6 (countries with no maternity leave), #12 (circle with 1/2 the

world's population) and #40 (the upside-down globe).

6. The US and Liberia are the only major countries without laws mandating paid maternity leave.
12. "There are more people living inside this circle than outside of it." (The fairly small circle includes east Asia - with China, India, Japan, Indonesia and other East Asian countries.)
40. The upside-down map ("because position of North is arbitrary&quot .

[CrispyQ]

13. I liked the upside down map, too!

Did you catch this DU thread?

The true size of Africa: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023435155

The first link in the OP goes to an article with a video snippet from The West Wing. Very good! About 4 minutes long. I love John Billingsley!

[kiva]

6. Very cool!

She says an hour later.

[CrispyQ]

14. Me too! I love maps.

I would never have thought to create a map showing the world's population living as densely as Paris vs. Houston. How clever is that?

[kiva]

17. I thought the one that transposed the U.S. onto the moon was great.

I'm sometimes spatially challenged and it allowed me to get a firm idea about the size of the moon.

[etherealtruth]

7. This was well worth clicking through

Thank you!

[Demo_Chris]

8. rec

[Logical]

9. Cool! n-t

[BumRushDaShow]

10. I like #32

Gave me an excellent perception of the size of the moon!

[dickthegrouch]

11. Waaaaayyyyyyy Cool !!

Thanks Crispy

I'd love to know what the Chinese translations of a few cities are, such as Rome, London, Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon.

[CrispyQ]

15. DC = Clusterfuck

[carolinayellowdog]

12. #39, Chinese names for European countries, is hilarious

can this be real? England= Braveland, France= Law Land, Germany = Moral-land, Sweden= Very Lucky Soldiers, Italy= Meaning Big Profit?

[Aerows]

16. I wondered about that myself

but considering history, Italians were the first to trade in China via the Silk Road. I don't know about the rest of them - they seem rather like slang terms to me.