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Old 01-08-2014, 10:04 AM
 
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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If Los Angeles was on gmt -5 the sun would rise at 10am not 2am but I agree Los Angeles should at least go an hour ahead. 8 hours is too much for the distance.
Oh yes, you're right...lol

Well time zones are divided equally into 24ths of the globe.
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Old 01-14-2014, 06:05 AM
 
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Default 40 more maps that explain the world

40 more maps that explain the world

Part 2 of the Washington Post's 40 maps series that explain the world. I posted the 1st part of the series a couple of months ago. (it seemed like a popular post). Enjoy

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Old 01-14-2014, 02:50 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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Proof money buys happiness...
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16. The happiest and least happy countries
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Old 01-14-2014, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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We should totally reclaim Franz-Josef-Land from Russia. War!

Besides that, I think it's quite funny how Austria discovered more land in total than Portugal and not a single person used to live there...

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Old 01-22-2014, 09:33 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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Mapping Stereotypes | Alphadesigner

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iPhone vs Android users in the D.C area
Red = iPhone
Blue = Android
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Total area of solar panels required to power the world

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De = Germany

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Old 01-22-2014, 09:42 PM
 
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Several maps are wrong and polls can be biaised
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Old 01-24-2014, 04:49 AM
 
Location: Mount of Showing the Way
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Old 02-24-2014, 05:30 PM
 
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25 maps and charts that explain America today

25 maps that explain America
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Old 03-04-2014, 06:38 PM
 
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9 Maps that Explain the World's Forests | World Resources Institute

more interesting maps
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Old 03-27-2014, 01:03 PM
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A Discovery of 5 More Global Maps, Including Visual Imaging, Summary of Map Topic, and Surprising Relevant Geographic Facts


1. Global Digital Divide, Computers per 100 people, Amount of Country Population That Have Computers and Internet

I Expected More Countries In Asia To Rank Well, and some areas of Eastern+Southern Europe don't rank well in digital divide with a massive disparity compared to areas of Western+Northern Europe




2. Facebook Theme, Density and Level of Connections in Facebook Users

There is some areas of Europe where Facebook actually seems more popular than areas of USA. That is an Unprecedented Fact Facebook is almost non-existent in mainland China away from Hong Kong, and minimal Facebook penetration over there. I didn't expect Facebook to have such popularity in an Asian country like Indonesia.





3. Prevalence of Obesity in Population Age 20+

Mexico is now number 1 in percentage of population that is obese, and not USA anymore. There is more of a situation of obesity in North America compared to Europe, and in Europe compared to East, South, Southeast Asia. Prevalence of Obesity is very low in all countries of that region of Asia.

Who knew there was an epidemic of obesity in Middle East? I didn't know.




4. Global Urbanization, City Megalopolis Regions of 1-5 Million, 5-10 Million, 10 Million+ Represented In Exact Locations Of Map, and Percentage of Country Population In Urban Areas.

There is a relative even distribution of heavily populated cities in all areas of Continental Europe. There is a massive amount of megalopolis cities in Eastern China, and India. I notice more major cities than I thought of in areas of coastal Brazil, and especially coastal Western Africa around Nigeria. Is Cambodia in Southeast Asia really that rural with such a low population in urban areas over there?






5. Conservation Risk of Environmental Lands Environmental Protection Compared to Human Population Affects on Environment

Areas of Amazon Forest in Brazil seems to have more protection than expected, especially far away from tropical coastline, and not in Northeastern Brazil. I notice an equivalent situation in Borneo island of Malaysia/Indonesia.

China is not quite an Environmental Disaster, and some regions of China is actually quite pristine in Yunnan Province, and provinces of Western China. European Alps is fine in Environmental Protection, yet is there really emerging ecological problems in areas of Mediterranean Europe. What about Peruvian, and Chilean coastline?


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