42 Amazing Maps

Описание: The map, as an innovation, is extremely important. Simply constructing a useful representation of our world onto a piece of paper (or clay or vellum or whatever) vastly increased the capabilities of humankind. But we continue to add and alter this medium, in ways that allow for greater understanding of our world and even of ourselves.

So in this video I talk about 42 maps that are really amazing.

Resources that were very helpful included:
  / mapporn  
http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html
  / amazing_maps  
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/map...
And this story is just AMAZING
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/201...

Thanks to Katherine for being my research assistant on this one :-)

ALL THE MAPS!
United States on the Moon
  / to_give_some_sense_of_scale_the_united_states  

Carta Marina:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_ma...

The Town of Chicago
http://www.oldimprints.com/pages/book...

Pomponius Mela
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomponiu...

Seven Billions
  / seven_billions_the_world_divided_into_seven  

Australia is Empty
  / 2_of_australias_population_lives_here_oc15...  

More in than Out
  / after_seeing_a_recent_post_about_the_popul...  

...Actual Circle
  / there_are_more_people_living_inside_this_c...  

Longest Straight Line
  / the_longest_straight_line_you_can_sail_almost  

On a Globe
   • A straight line without hitting land from ...  

Earth Sandwich Locations
  / land_on_earth_where_there_is_also_land_the...  

Alcoholic Drink Preference
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/pu...

Side of the Road
http://chartsbin.com/view/edr

Joshua Katz Linguistic Maps of America
http://www.businessinsider.com/22-map...

Metric Use
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...

Maternity Leave
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2...

Juvenile Death Penalty
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/atlas/juv...

World Mapper
http://www.worldmapper.org

Carna Botnet Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carna_Bo...

A Day in the Life of Air Traffic
   • A Day in the Life of Air Traffic Over the ...  

Population by Latitude
  / worlds_population_by_latitude_longitude_xpost  

The True Size of Africa
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailyc...

Ptolemy's Map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy'...

The Sawley Map
http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparch...