40 Surprising Maps That Show A Completely Different Side To The World We Live In (New Pics)
Who doesn't love a good map? I'd even say we'd get lost without one. They enrich our understanding of the world in a simple, visual way.
Maps teach us not only about the size and shapes of countries but also show many more interesting things, like earthquake locations and wealth distribution. The local status of gay marriage or car reliance. Pretty much everything we have data on!
So let's revisit this subreddit for a new dose of cartography — it hits just as strong as the previous ones.
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Lithuania Has Made A Map Of Magnets In Which Each Magnet Can Only Be Found In A Specific Area, To Boost Tourism, Specifically Local Tourism. (Credit To Demilked)
Outline Of The World By Mapping All Lighthouses (Osm Data, Oc)
The creator of this online group, Patrick McGranaghan, described himself in a previous Bored Panda article on the subreddit as a "Denver-based techno-geek with a focus on all things geospatial and cartographic and a coding hobbyist with an emphasis on geospatial applications."
He is a land surveyor and a member of #maptime Denver, Rocky Mountain Map Society, NACIS, PLSC, Charles Close Society, and Open Street Map Foundation, just to name a few. He decided to share his passion with the world and start the project in May 2011 while living in Taiwan, and the rest is history.
Countries Where It Is Illegal To Spank/Smack Children (700x700)
What Year Is It Right Now?
A Population Density Map Of Illinois
Patrick revealed that while the community was pretty stable in the past, everything changed the morning when Russia invaded Ukraine.
"The subreddit usually has between 2,000 and 4,000 users at a given moment on a normal day. That number spiked to a peak of over 20,000 users looking for ... maps of the situation there," he told us.
Mediterranean Sea Fits Inside Australia - Should Be A Much Better Image Than Last One
Someone Here Posted A Map Of Earthquakes Since 1900(Top One) Now Watch It 1by1 To The Map Of Actual Tectonic Plates(Bottom One)
1920 Australian Map Of Sheep
Where Does The World's Population Of 8 Billion Live?
When it comes to the way people think about cartography, the founder of the subreddit believes it's currently going through a period of change.
"The previous generation was accustomed to paper maps that they used to navigate. This required skills in orientation and awareness that are no longer necessary with digital maps on mobile devices. Whilst there are lots of articles that eulogize the loss of these skills, I don't think it's necessarily all bad," he explained.
Here Is A 1988 Map Of Berlin (Produced In The Ddr)
Number Of Ukrainian Refugees Displaced In Europe In February 2023
I wish they would flood any and every public ... thing the putin-friends of our furthest right of the relevant parties, the AfD, are conducting, and teach them some common sense. Ok, they're rightwingers leaning well into radical (not all members are radical, but you can't remain a member without at least finding the publicly known radicalism to be acceptable), so we cannot expect them to be of the brightest kind... But I don't see how it requires much thought or thinkability to understand that invading other countries, unprovoked and against every contract, promise and rights, is wrong by any and every means.
The World In 250 Million Years
Estimated Migration Of Early Homo Sapiens Out Of Africa To The Rest Of The World, In Thousands Of Years Ago (Kya)
"The digital generation has a heightened awareness of how maps can visualize data," Patrick pointed out.
"The tools to make maps have been democratized. This has increased interest in finding new and clever ways to see spatial data."
Relief Map Of San Marino
All Shootings vs. Shootings With Officer Involved In Chicago (2014-2022)
Turkey, Bordering 7 Different Countries With 7 Different Alphabets
The Largest Towns In 1050 In Europe, North Africa And West Asia (Population Over 40 Thousand)
In another Bored Panda interview, Patrick said that moderating the subreddit has always been about finding the right balance.
"It is impossible to please everybody. If you are too laissez-faire you get a lot of low-effort and ugly submissions and the users complain. If you are too strict, then you risk alienating those who supply the content for the sub. I try to find a balance between these two extremes. Overall, I'm satisfied with the moderating and I don't foresee any changes in the immediate future," he said.
Public Transport Network Density
In case of Germany it's not a question of density but if there is any traffic on it... (hint: You need a car in this country to get around outside of cities)
The Best And The Worst For Lgbtq+ Travelers
Go Canada! I hope that soon being LGBT+ becomes normalised everywhere
Sadly it won't happen soon in a lot of places. Those places high on the negative side have a very long way to go, and they aren't really trying.
Load More Replies...This map is somewhat incorrect for south africa. If you are gay AND black AND you go into a low-income area you ARE in danger. If however you are white and gay and go anywhere, no one is bothered or interested in you. It's specifically black gay people who are expected to be heteronormative in Africa, and quite often punished for not being so. If you dobut this, note how the rest of the continent is more or less red. The reason SA is green is (a) our constitution prohibits gender discrimination of all forms and (b) we have a large expat and white population which follows western cultural norms. Assuming you are a TRAVELLER from a non-African state, you are quite safe travelling here while gay. You won't be targeted for that reason. HOWEVER if you are a traveller from Africa you must conceal your gender identity.
Oh, this is heartbreaking and yet hopeful. No one should be persecuted over their wobbly bits. At least some countries understand this.
There is a Florida travel advisory for LGBTQ+. So not all of the US is safe.
gooooo canada, our home and native laaaaand. true patriot love in all of us command.
I find it interesting that Israel is a lighter shade than the US on this, when Israel decriminilzed Homosexuality in the 60s, allowed them in the military in 1982, and Tel-Aviv was ranked the best gay tourist city in the world 4 of the last 10 years and always in the top 5. Has one of the lowest anti-gay hate crime rates in the world, and one of the lowest violent anti-gay crimes rates in the world (only 3 anti-gay homocide hate crimes since 1990, the 2 of them were the same guy, he did the second a few weeks after being let out of prison for his previous one). Regardless of what you think of Israel's politics or policies, for gay tourists, it is one of the best places according to every Metric. Even Israel's secular right wing parties like Likud have openly gay members and are pro-gay rights
Israel’s so great that Static + Ben El made a pride song. I love Israel and someday soon I hope to visit (and one day make aliyah!)
Load More Replies...Once again, Canada just keeps on showing the world how much better they are at life!
Yeeeeah I'd like to see a map of just the US divided up like this. Lot less green than you might think.
This map should be updated, as circumstances and laws have changed significantly for the worse unfortunately... especially in the US
I imagine that this has changed for the worse in the US, particularly in the last couple of years.
Proud to be in Australia. I know it looked bad, us taking so long to get on board with legalising same sex marriage, but I think that’s because, culturally, we don’t care about marriage as much as some other countries so probably weren’t pushing for it as much. But, we have it now - woot!
Here, the US should be divided into areas, as homogenizing it is disingenuous. There are a lot of areas that would be dark green, including nearly all large cities and most of both coasts.
Whoops. Left off Florida and Texas. What? They are just states within the United States? They are not their own country? Somebody should really tell their political leaders that, because they sure don't behave like there's any consequences to their BS. While you're at it, tell the federal government that too.
Only because food and climate have not been taken account. Just kidding, the UK is a great place to visit.
Load More Replies...I’m lgbt+ and Aussie and I feel like this map makes Australia seem waaaaay safer than what it is. We had N*z|s escorted by the police onto the Parliament House steps earlier this year. Sure maybe it’s safer for tourists because they aren’t here for a long time but as someone who lives here, I’m afraid I’ll be hate crimed every time I leave the house
I look forward to the day when we can all just be actual people without labels.
Are you genuinely afraid of gay people making your question your feelings??? That... Is embarrassing PC, you will be fine anywhere. If you're worried, go hang out in Texas.
Load More Replies...How Big Brazil Actually Is!
Places That "Don't Exist" According To Internet Memes (Many Based On The Original "Bielefeld Conspiracy")
The popularity of this subreddit and, in turn, alternative maps, illustrates the way Chris Heffernan, a teacher of 20 years, approaches geography. Heffernan, who is a seventh-grade social science and math teacher at Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville, Illinois, said he no longer thinks about map quizzes when he thinks about geography class, but rather “human geography,” the study of culture, economy, and politics, which ends up affecting all of us.
The Size Of Australia vs. Other Countries
The U.S. Map Redrawn As 50 States With Equal Population
I like how California has now become 5 separate “states” XD It took me a while to realize this map has chunked out “areas” that match each other area’s population, which is why Cali is 5 tiny “states”… LOTS of population packed into relatively small areas in the state.
Russia’s New Border With Nato Now That Finland Is Finally In Nato!
They had it coming. All the silly accusations of "NaTo Is ThReAtEnInG tHe PoOr DeAr VlAdi11" become more and more real, the more they react to them as if they already had been real. Well ... the three baltic states, former soviet republics, now see that their decision to join NATO was the rightest idea they ever could even have had - what else is it that makes Ukraine different to them?
Fecal Bacteria Contamination In New York Waters, 1985 vs. 2020
"Geography matters more now than ever because students need to know human geography," Heffernan wrote. "They need to understand the relationships that exist between cultures. They need to see not just the differences in cultures, but the similarities."
"Students need to know that the kid sitting in a school in Afghanistan today probably doesn’t speak the same language, practice the same religion or live in a home that looks anything like a student in the United States, but they have a lot of things in common [too]."
"Geography matters now more than ever because of global crises that range from migration to climate change to pandemics," Heffernan continued. "Geography matters because we are all connected. Geography matters because this is our world."
Most Common Country Of Birth For Residents Of Foreign Origin, Excluding Mexico
Status Of Gay Marriage In Europe
The First World Map By Anaximander Of Miletus (610bc-546bc), Greece Mathematician And Geographist. Original Map Was Not Saved!
Number Of Prisoners Per 100,000 People Across The World
The 2022 Edition Of The Global Peace Index
The Euler Diagram-Map Of The British Isles./-
The only quibble I have with this is 'British Isles'. Eire/the Republic of Ireland most definitely does not agree to this term being used of their country. Eire is not part of the British Isles as Eire is not part of Britain. formally disavowed in September 2005 by the Irish Government when Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern stated: "The British Isles is not an officially recognised term in any legal or inter-governmental sense. It is without any official status.
Percentage Of Children Born Out Of A Registered Marriage
England, Right To Roam Map
Robbery Rates In European Countries
How Much Territory Russia And Ukraine Hold At One Year Of War
Percentage Of Europeans Whose Wealth Is Under $10,000
The Swedish Empire At It’s Height
Legality Of Prostitution
Violet is the only humane option. Illegal for the buyers. Sex work is almost always a form of abuse, not of empowerment and since it's near impossible to find out which sex worker is coerced and which one does it on their own free will (for the authorities AND the buyers in equal measure!) punishing the buyers is the only way. Also when someone is paying for sex they can't tell if the prostitute is being forced and thus they're ok with possibly committing rape.
Europeans Who Would Fight For Their Own Country
I see this a tad ... different. I'd not hesitate defend every european border that surrounds an area of humanism against any attack of less humanist invaders. I'd link it to ideas and values more than to country, because that's what really counts. But, if I'd be able to supply a service that's of value there, why not? If I were a Russian, given that I know and feel what I do now as a german, I would certainly NOT fight "for my country", but either get my a*s into safety, or get my a*s into Ukraine's service.
When Were Southamerica's Capitals Founded?
Hmm I liked most of these but they can be misleading. The thing is to view them with a critical eye but go easy on the author of the post because they are usually just blindly copypasting from Reddit and don't bother checking the details.
OK pandas, there's a lot of really interesting maps but they're all toward the bottom. Can we vote them up higher please so more people can enjoy them when BP inevitably hides them behind a link at the bottom?
Caught myself downvoting (on former #14 about gangs, guns, and violence) but have removed all of those minuses. So many Pandas here find support and healing for surviving horrific prejudice, marginalization, and abuse it's weird to see them sling vitriol at others. By retaliating for the hate I got, I almost bought into their hating. But nope. Not going to be part of that.
My 8 year olds version of Europe... It won't let me post it. But man--- it is awesome. H started Africa this morning. It's all amazing. Borders countries even the tiny ones fille din with their flag. He has markers and white out, and erasers. He is doing his best to honor every country and every flag. At 8 years old
So you’re whining because an article taught you something, aroused your interest but you had to do something on your own?
Load More Replies...Hmm I liked most of these but they can be misleading. The thing is to view them with a critical eye but go easy on the author of the post because they are usually just blindly copypasting from Reddit and don't bother checking the details.
OK pandas, there's a lot of really interesting maps but they're all toward the bottom. Can we vote them up higher please so more people can enjoy them when BP inevitably hides them behind a link at the bottom?
Caught myself downvoting (on former #14 about gangs, guns, and violence) but have removed all of those minuses. So many Pandas here find support and healing for surviving horrific prejudice, marginalization, and abuse it's weird to see them sling vitriol at others. By retaliating for the hate I got, I almost bought into their hating. But nope. Not going to be part of that.
My 8 year olds version of Europe... It won't let me post it. But man--- it is awesome. H started Africa this morning. It's all amazing. Borders countries even the tiny ones fille din with their flag. He has markers and white out, and erasers. He is doing his best to honor every country and every flag. At 8 years old
So you’re whining because an article taught you something, aroused your interest but you had to do something on your own?
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