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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 12/15/2008 : 11:40:24
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Worldmapper uses bizarre distorted maps of the earth to illustrate economic and demographic information. One can learn broadly and quickly using this online resource.
I've already spent hours gazing at these maps, and pondering their meaning. I expect to spend many mopre hours doing the same. The visual aspect especially helps me to absorb the information.
Worldmapper presently has nearly 600 maps. In two of them, I learned something I hadn't known: Both Japan and the USA have among the highest incomes for both their very poorest and their very richest citizens. Not surprisingly, in map after map, sub-Saharan Africa appears to be a basket case in almost every category. India is booming, but maintains vast poverty for much of its population.
Here's three examples of Worldmapper maps:
Wealth, Year 1
Wealth, Year 1500
Wealth, Year 1990
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 12/15/2008 12:00:37
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dglas
Skeptic Friend
Canada
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Posted - 12/15/2008 : 12:46:27 [Permalink]
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- dglas (In the hell of 1000 unresolved subplots...)
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The Presupposition of Intrinsic Evil
+ A Self-Justificatory Framework
= The "Heart of Darkness"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2008 : 14:03:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by dglas
At that rate, Alaska's gonna pop.
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And give birth either to a small continent, or to a litter of islands.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Worldmapper: A free Web tool to understand earth
