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Δευτέρα 6 Απριλίου 2015

38 Secret Maps which they didn't teach you at School

When we collected a list of 40 maps that you never would have seen in school, you guys totally loved them, so we’re back with more. If maps are one of the main ways that we understand the world we live in (and how people elsewhere in the world live), then it’s no surprise that people are always coming up with new ways to use them to display information.

Every single one of these maps reveals different fun and interesting facts, from which we can make some interesting inferences. There’s usually no better way to illustrate the economic, social and cultural differences between different parts of the world than by displaying them on a map.

However, it’s also important not to jump to conclusions – whether a country ranks well or poorly in a particular metric can be due to a whole number of factors, some of which we understand and some of which we don’t. Information without context should be taken with a grain of salt.

So, have you ever wondered where in the world the most and least photos are taken? How is the human population or economic production distributed across the globe? These maps – some of which are new and some of which are old favorites – answer questions like these in an intuitive way.

If you like what you see, check out the rest of our thought-provoking map-related posts as well. Do you know of any cool maps that we haven’t seen before?

NOTE: Studies like these, while entertaining or interesting, are not always 100% accurate. Leading questions and limited sample sizes are just a few of the data gathering problems that could be present in maps like these.

The Most Photographed Places In The World

Happiness Map

Earth’s Seasons

Hottest And Sexiest Women By Country

Red Hair Map of Europe

Average Breast Sizes By Country

Penis Size Worldwide

How Many Beers Will Minimum Wage Get You In Europe?

More People Live Inside This Circle Than Outside Of It

Metal Bands Per 100,000 People

Google Autocomplete Results: Europe

Google Autocomplete Results: USA

Google Autocomplete Results: Asia

Countries Ranked By Emotional Tendencies

People In The EU, Aged 25-34, Who Still Live With Their Parents

Countries Where Homosexuality Is A Crime

Where To Be Born Index

The World Divided Into Regions With A GDP of 1 Trillion Dollars

2% of Australia’s Population Lives In This Region

Highest-Paid U.S. Public Employees By State

Educational Backgrounds of World Leaders

ENLARGE

How The World Would Look If Mapping Conventions Were Flipped Upside-Down

Because orienting north toward the top is a matter of convention rather than correctness, a south-up map is technically just as correct as north-up. Maps with different orientations have appeared in several cultures and time periods. The convention of orienting north to the top (and thus east to the right) was probably established by the astronomer Ptolemy.