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For many of us, cartography day in geography or history class meant a quick nap. With our eyes open, we’d dream of all the delicious stuff we were gonna eat after school, of music we’d play on the Walkman, of a message we received the other day from that cutie…

To bring back our long-lost excitement for hard pieces of data, aka maps, plans, and geographic drawings, we're gonna need to start from the very best of them. Luckily, there’s a whole online community on Reddit dedicated to the most unusual charts of geographic areas that took maps to a whole new level.

From mapping "October" in European languages to mapping an eagle’s track over a period of twenty years, these incredible examples will surely put the world into a completely new perspective.

Who knows, you may well unleash your inner cartographer and become among 1.1 million like-minded members of the maps subreddit. In that case, you may need some more cartographical goodness with 41 maps that portray lesser-known facts about America.

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An Image Of GPS Tracking Of Multiple Wolves In Six Different Packs Around Voyageurs National Park Shows How Much The Wolf Packs Avoid Each Other's Range

An Image Of GPS Tracking Of Multiple Wolves In Six Different Packs Around Voyageurs National Park Shows How Much The Wolf Packs Avoid Each Other's Range

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    To Increase Local Tourism, Lithuania Has Made A Map With Magnets That You Can Only Find In Corresponding Cities

    To Increase Local Tourism, Lithuania Has Made A Map With Magnets That You Can Only Find In Corresponding Cities

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    Occupied Bald Eagle Nests In Wisconsin. 1974 vs. 2019. Growth Credited To The Clean Water Act

    Occupied Bald Eagle Nests In Wisconsin. 1974 vs. 2019. Growth Credited To The Clean Water Act

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    To find out more about this amusing Reddit community by the name r/MapP**n, Bored Panda reached out to its creator Patrick McGranaghan, who started the subreddit in 2011 while living in Taiwan.

    Patrick said he has always been a map geek: “I wanted people to share those maps so that they are easy to find and discuss.”

    It turns out, he works as a land surveyor in Colorado and is a devoted member of several map societies across the nation, including the North American Cartographic Information Society, Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps, and Rocky Mountain Map Society, to name just a few.
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    Tracking Of An Eagle Over A 20 Year Period

    Tracking Of An Eagle Over A 20 Year Period

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    When A Band Announces A World Tour

    When A Band Announces A World Tour

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    Japan, How Big It Is In Reality?

    Japan, How Big It Is In Reality?

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    The creator said that the title r/MapP**n followed the trend on Reddit at the time when “there were a lot of subreddits with a *-porn suffix.” He explained further: “This refers to pictures of innocuous things like nature, architecture, or engineering marvels in a beautiful way. It was not meant to be sexual. The internet at the time was a lot more relaxed and using that term was funny.”

    “In the years since the culture on the internet has taken a much more puritan bias and some people don't like that name,” Patrick said.

    However, he assured us that “the goal of the brand has not changed, though: it's a place to share and discuss beautiful maps.”
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    The Earth Being Centered On Great Britain Is Arbitrary, So Here's A Map Centered On New Zealand

    The Earth Being Centered On Great Britain Is Arbitrary, So Here's A Map Centered On New Zealand

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    Cheese Map Of Europe

    Cheese Map Of Europe

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    The United States Of America: Alaskan Perspective

    The United States Of America: Alaskan Perspective

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    When it comes to submissions, they come in every form and style. “From historical maps showing ancient borders, to funny memes and transit maps. People also post imaginary maps of places that they create in their minds.”

    In fact, every kind of map imaginable has been posted to this subreddit. Patrick said that linguistic maps are popular, as well as maps that re-imagine state and national borders. There are also maps of asteroids and maps of routes of famous explorers.

    “One of my favorite interactions is when a map is posted of an obscure place and someone in the comments says they live there or has a story about that place.”
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    50 Percent Of Canadians Live South Of The Red Line

    50 Percent Of Canadians Live South Of The Red Line

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    Each Section Has 10% Of The World's Population

    Each Section Has 10% Of The World's Population

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    List Of Countries Mentioned Or Referred In The Bible

    List Of Countries Mentioned Or Referred In The Bible

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    Patrick concluded that “Maps are a way to visualize the world in a way that is easy to grasp. They are an aid in learning about new lands and faraway places. They help us find our way when we are lost.”

    Especially in a time like now, “when the pandemic prevents us from traveling, maps are a way that we can travel without leaving our home,” the map enthusiast said.
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    The Longest Possible Train Travel In The World

    The Longest Possible Train Travel In The World

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    Where Penguins Are Found Naturally In The World

    Where Penguins Are Found Naturally In The World

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    Size Comparison Between Australia And The United States

    Size Comparison Between Australia And The United States

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    3D Render Topographic Map Of Europe

    3D Render Topographic Map Of Europe

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    North America Animal Migration Routes

    North America Animal Migration Routes

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    A Europe–U.S. Superhighway Proposed By The Former President Of Russian Railways

    A Europe–U.S. Superhighway Proposed By The Former President Of Russian Railways

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would have been so cool.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except it would be chilly,🥶🥶

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now add another segment going over the Gibraltar and all across Africa to South Africa; And another one linking New York to Chile! Wouldn't that make for an awesome World Tour!

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    4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there is one, from the west coast. The Pan-American route is a network of roads that start in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and from there travel south through both North America and South America until it's ending point in Ushuaia, Argentina.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an amazing thig it would be if I could catch a train in NY and end up in London without having to fly!!!

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a line in a country song. Ride my truck from NY to London 6 days a week only to find my wife be a cheat and my dogs done dead!

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Highways are stupid. make it a railway

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    issue is rail lines in US are old as s**t, and not intended for fast travel. We have no intention in upgrading it either if anything our rail lines have decreased over time not increased.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh sure just ignore that the majority of the north american route would have been in Canada but we will still call it a Europe-US highway and not north america

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was because of where it begins and where it ends, thus not mentioning Asia. So just call it England-US or London-NY, well...

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda glad, given the state of our relations, that this didn't happen. It is a supremely cool idea, however.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Railway A2A is underway to connect Alaska to the main Canadian/US rail network. The transiberian is going from western europe to vladivostok. Let's built the Vladivostok - Nome part, and we're good ! Far better than a highway.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll get downvoted more, but... No. Has anyone looked at the history of Russia's treatment of its neighbors? Ones it can invade by land? EEK!

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the Russian government. The Russians, at least the ones I've met, are quite nice and friendly.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now, that would be cool. I'd take it, if I had the money and the time.

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be fantastic! (And might bring us one step closer to Snowpiercer.)

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would be nice to have a high speed railway like that, or at least the trajectory from London to Moscow. I’d love to visit Moscow one day!

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Half the US leg is on the I90/I80 union...that is driving hell.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How would they build such a rail line over continuous permafrost in Sakha and Chukotka, or even over discontinuous permafrost in Interior and Western Alaska or Zabaykalsky Krai?

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be very difficult to do since all Chukotka and Sakha is continuous permafrost, whilst Interior and Western Alaska are mostly discontinuous permafrost.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was discussed long before.. there actually is already a train which goes from Russia to Europe, it's called the Trans Siberian railway.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you imagine being able to drive across the world?! Why TF didn't they approve this? This is so much more beneficial than going to space.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would have been useless, considering much of it in Russia is just wilderness.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a train you’d want to fall asleep on and miss your stop, I would imagine!

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe one day huh? Who knows....it could happen. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be everybody that lives in a van’s dream to travel

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine all the defectors!!! Would they make it across? or would they mysteriously go overboard over the Bering Sea??

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, only 89 km between Alaska and Russia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an amazing idea! But the maintenance would be a serious challenge, since much of the highway would go through very, very cold regions where frost-heaving and potholes would be a challenge. And all that asphalt! Maybe a railroad along the same route would be a vetter idea, though crossing the Aleutian Islands might be better done by ferry—depending on the season. Still, this is thinking big!

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    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would probably take about 13 hours on the train and in car about 3 days.

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    This is an incredibly stupid idea. It’s so much cheaper and faster to fly. Plus it’s better ecologically.

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    The Surface Of Mars: If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water

    The Surface Of Mars: If, Like Earth, 71% Of Its Surface Area Was Covered With Water

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    World's Smallest Country vs. Largest Building

    World's Smallest Country vs. Largest Building

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    The Decline Of Our Native Tongue Over The Last 2 Centuries, I Find The Maps Rather Than The Reciting Of Statistics, Gives A Far Better Impression On The Overall Erosion Of One Of The Biggest Aspects Of Our Culture, Irish Itself

    The Decline Of Our Native Tongue Over The Last 2 Centuries, I Find The Maps Rather Than The Reciting Of Statistics, Gives A Far Better Impression On The Overall Erosion Of One Of The Biggest Aspects Of Our Culture, Irish Itself

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    Worlds CO Emissions

    Worlds CO Emissions

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    Locations Johnny Cash Claims To Have Been In "Ive Been Everywhere"

    Locations Johnny Cash Claims To Have Been In "Ive Been Everywhere"

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    The Countries That Got Tea Via China Through The Silk Road (Land) Referred To It In Various Forms Of The Word "Cha". On The Other Hand, The Countries That Traded With China Via Sea - Through The Min Tan Port Called It In Different Forms Of "Te"

    The Countries That Got Tea Via China Through The Silk Road (Land) Referred To It In Various Forms Of The Word "Cha". On The Other Hand, The Countries That Traded With China Via Sea - Through The Min Tan Port Called It In Different Forms Of "Te"

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    Passenger Railway Network 2020

    Passenger Railway Network 2020

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    What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe

    What Pedestrians Look Like Across Europe

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    The Topologist's Map Of The World - A Map Showing International Borders, And Nothing Else

    The Topologist's Map Of The World - A Map Showing International Borders, And Nothing Else

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    These Two Areas Of Africa Have Roughly Equal Populations

    These Two Areas Of Africa Have Roughly Equal Populations

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    Roads Either Side Of The Border: Finland vs. Russia

    Roads Either Side Of The Border: Finland vs. Russia

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    Syria Before And After Civil War

    Syria Before And After Civil War

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