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There’s something about maps that keeps capturing our imagination again and again. Maps not only tell the stories in the most subtle and informative ways, they put things into a unique perspective we may not have ever thought of before.

So today we present you with a treat for your inner cartographer–the Twitter page dedicated to sharing “maps that keep you updated.” The creators of the page with a 36.1K-solid fan base also run a super popular Facebook page by the handle @IFLOVEMAPS. Here more than 757k people follow their content on a daily basis, which includes “keeping them updated about global events via maps,” “sharing maps developed by others” and providing them with “a new perspective on the world every day.”

Below we wrapped up some of the most interesting and informative maps shared on this page, so scroll down below and upvote your favorite ones!

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

Showing that it is indeed possible for many different nations to cooperate for the good.

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

In Portugal there´s a popular saying that goes " Todas as estradas vão dar a Roma" (every road leads to rome)) which is used to say that no matter wtv you do, you´ll end up in the same place. The roots of that popular proverb (?) are from this time.

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To find out more about the team behind the IFLOVEMAPS Facebook page and Twitter account, we reached out to the creators, Pablo Izquierdo and Lars Erik, who have been developing maps together for over a decade. The duo lives in Oslo and Madrid and they have a company called Mapographics that delivers services in the GIS-space (GIS = Geographical Information Systems).

Pablo explained that the main goal of Mapographics is to make maps that are informative, educational, and hopefully also nice to look at. “We have developed a lot of maps and analysis in the sustainability domain, and lately we have also started to sell maps for decoration. We love to merge scientific data with design,” he told Bored Panda.

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The birth of IFLOVEMAPS was ten years ago, when Pablo and Lars Erik talked about making a social media page where they could share their love for maps. “It started with a Facebook page, and then moved on to Twitter and Instagram. We’re super happy to have several hundreds of thousands of followers, which to us is only a testimonial that many people share our love of maps,” Pablo said.

When asked if it’s true that more and more people are interested in maps, Pablo explained that we live in an ever more globalized society, and the distances between us are getting smaller due to cultural exchange and technology. “In addition, themes such as those that relate to environment, climate, sustainability, man-build-environment and more, nurture more interest in the spatial dimensions of things. Maps can represent how things are tied together in the spatial dimension, or geographical sense.” He added that “we experience a much higher interest in maps, more advanced spatial analysis, and more lightly, storytelling.”

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

Finland has no special irritating sentence. It’s the intention of speaking to us that does the trick.

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Pablo explained that “from a social media point of view, people love maps that are spot-on in conveying a message of stereotypical characteristics and differences between countries. From a more professional point of view, the interest in sustainability related topics in maps has skyrocketed in recent years, such as maps showing degradation of nature or the effects of climate change. But more generally speaking, what we see is that maps, as a way to represent data or tell a story, are increasingly used in media, by the government, NGOs and even in the business community.”

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

Come on guys, only 22 left, we can do it! Lets be the first to complete the whole set!

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But making a good map that is based on advanced data, that tells a story and that looks good (or at least tries to) is a process of trial and failure, Pablo argues. “To put it simply, the process starts from the idea on what story/data the maps should express, to identification of data source, quality assurance, data processing, GIS processing, and working to ensure the final print has crisp and flawless details when it turns into a final product.”

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

Wow, wolves have an even larger territory now than they did 100 years ago! I always love seeing conservation success stories.

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

I feel like that would make for one hell of a coach/train journey.

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

but yet the standard of living is lower in the US. I woudl rather have lower income than go bankrupt after a cancer diagnosis or be one of the 56% of homeless people who have full time jobs. -American living abroad

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

If you are born in France and live there until 18, you are automatically French.

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

Ah, I see the Maritimes have been remembered! Finally. (I'm joking, everybody knows the Maritimes)

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

Imagine how much more habitable Australia would become if we did this. #MovetheMed.

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

Not true! In today Romania was the Dacian language, which was Not Slavic and then it was combined with Latin -> Romanian language. It is a big part of the Eastern Europe!

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

I've never been to Italy, but now I believe it's better to not go, since the rest of the world is already there.

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

I’m going to start calling Ferraris “Smiths” and nobody will understand but me

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

Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek. -Gus Portokalos

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

This is country perspective based. Didn't see squat about western tragedies or news when living in China, found out about them from western sources. My relatives in Malaysia don't hear any either unless we tell them; get lots of "omg world is inbdanger!" stuff when it's in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, India, China, Thailand, or Vietnam though. Lots about coups and stuff in Thailand and Myanmar get reported there as terrible for the world.

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

Walk it? Think I'd be tempted to thumb a lift, at least part of the way.

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

So everyone went to pretty much the same places? (Except looks like the Dutch weren't that much interested in North America)

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

In Czechia, trdlo is just a tourist thing that became popular only very recently. A more traditional dessert would be kolache

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

I think this is an old map. From the Irish perspective at least. Irish used to want to go to USA but now it seems the popular places are, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

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

What is the logic of covering minority languages in some places but not in others?

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

this omits, centers of learning that spread trough middle and east Asia, places like the "house of wisdom" in Bagdad, or the centers of study in India By the 900s. of course they are not exactly universities, but very close...by the way, more literature was lost when the Mongols burned Bagdad, that when the library of Alexandria was destroyed

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

I love the basques. Eveybody is like "Jon, juan, ioan, Jean" and they are like "Ganiz" xD You guys are the best

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

Mmm it's not really a radius like that. It's more about the countries: Spain and France would be considered good, Greece and Portugal ok, Austria and Germany: potatoes, the rest: not good for consumption. (Obviously joking, guys)

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

The UK is much the same following the Beeching cuts of the 1950s/60s.

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

I'm not going to comment on the obvious, but there's no way in hell that there are only one perching species in North America.

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

Not only does France share a border with Brazil, it still has islands west of Newfoundland, Canada. It's probably the most expansive country on the planet! (look up St Pierre and Miquelon if you want to spend some Euros but not cross the Atlantic).

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

Léo Ferré was famous for his anarchist and left-wing ideas. That he holds the record of the best-selling musical act in the casino Principalty of Monaco is pretty ironic.

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

"I understand only railway station" in German comes from WWI, when soldiers just wanted to go home so they always understood "Bahnhof" (railway station), from where the trains would go home ...

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

I wonder why Frida is big in Chad. Edit: Apparently she appeared on a postage stamp in Chad in 2017, but that doesn't really help me.

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

That's amazing I didn't realise they were that small. Nowadays we'd call these towns. Coming from Gauteng, South Africa, with about 13m people.

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

In Italian 'denaro' is quite formal and 'financial', nobody uses it in normal conversations. We prefer to use 'soldi'.

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

The first fifty years of the 1900's looks to have been a particularly bad period for Royalty.

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

the british one is incorrect. The flag should just show england and wales and remove the blue of scotland. The romans never took scotland.

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

😂😂But I am confused. Am I in Czechia, Slovakia or Hungary right now? Slovenia and Croatia are also possible I also love the differences in size of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

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

With the Greeks confusing the hell out of everyone because "Ne" means yes.

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

When there are no more farmers, where do people think the food is going to come from?

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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how much it costs and how long it takes-that would be fun to go on and see some of Eurasia.

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

We were in Rome in October one year. I thought, being from Texas, it would be "cooler". Nope, hot.

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

This is so low quality I can barely read any of them, it doesn’t help that they’re written so small 🤏

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

Johannesburg, SA: 3100 sunshine hours per year. I think I'd die of SAD if I had to live in europe.

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

The US doubled its population, Canada tripled, and Brazil quadrupled. Brazil is impressive.

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

I met a woman from France who had visited Texas one year in August. She told me that she always thought that air conditioning in the states was a "conceit." She said that she never realized how HOT it was in Texas in August. She asked me, "is 38 degrees normal?" I said, "actually, we have had times when it was 38 degrees [centigrade] 24 hours a day for weeks." She said "I do not know HOW you could stand it without air conditioning. I said "farmers and ranchers do it all the time."

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

The scandinavian God Jul is "good yule" in english. Icelandic "gladileg" is "gladly".

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

86 degrees is "hot"? Not in Texas, that's a "cool" day in the summer.

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

Nice, I grew up with the French, also play with the Swiss and I have a deck of Spanish/Italian, to play Scopa.

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

The double cross is.... Well... A Christian symbol. The Christianisation of Hungary was done in such brutal fashion, that we barely know a thing about our culture from before.

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

Fun fact! (see I am copying Mr Encyclopedia). Chess < Shah (king). Checkmate = Shah Mat (king is dead).

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

Wow I didn't realise it was that low, and that Argentina had the highest percentage? I assumed Brazil would be due to sheer proximity...

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

Most cultures have been build because of cultural exchanges between previous ones. Both willing or due conquest. Spain is the best example for this, we were invaded by basically everybody in the mediterranean. People nowadyas pretend that europe=evil. But thats a lie, all big cultures were built by conquering and slaving others, not only the european. All humans are capable of evil, not only the ones with light skin.

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

I'm from Croatia and I don't have a clue what "siktir" means! Had to google it! Never heard of it!

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