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Cool Maps
I've dug maps ever since I first became the designated navigator on family car holidays. It made me feel crucial to our mission, as the only one in the car who truly knew where we were at all times. Ever since then I've enjoyed studying maps, Google Earth being sort of the ultimate for map explorers. Anyhow, this page caught my attention and I thought I'd share it. It's a collection of maps, showing things like the most common surname instead of country names (most popular name in Greece: Papadopoulis; imagine the confusion) and the highest-paid public employees by state (most are football coaches, natch). I'd always thought that Americans drank more coffee than anyone, but a map of coffee consumption shows Canadians to be much more wired than we, and all of North America lags Scandinavia. The largest coffee- producing countries hardly contribute a blip to the data. Want to avoid pirates? There's a map for that. Where to avoid crowds in Australia? (Hint: it's just about anywhere). Interesting fact: the entire world's population, if packed as densely as New York City, would fit inside the state of Texas. Good to know.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 15:21:31
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bitflipper
I've dug maps ever since I first became the designated navigator on family car holidays. It made me feel crucial to our mission, as the only one in the car who truly knew where we were at all times. Ever since then I've enjoyed studying maps, Google Earth being sort of the ultimate for map explorers.
Anyhow, this page caught my attention and I thought I'd share it. It's a collection of maps, showing things like the most common surname instead of country names (most popular name in Greece: Papadopoulis; imagine the confusion) and the highest-paid public employees by state (most are football coaches, natch).
I'd always thought that Americans drank more coffee than anyone, but a map of coffee consumption shows Canadians to be much more wired than we, and all of North America lags Scandinavia. The largest coffee-producing countries hardly contribute a blip to the data.
Want to avoid pirates? There's a map for that. Where to avoid crowds in Australia? (Hint: it's just about anywhere). Interesting fact: the entire world's population, if packed as densely as New York City, would fit inside the state of Texas. Good to know.
Amazing that so few countries know on which side of the road / car to drive.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 15:45:00
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Chad is looking better and better.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 18:56:43
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Awesome maps, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 20:35:46
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Wow... THANK YOU !! I realy love maps too. I am mesmerized by maps. I have a map of the USA on my old bedroom wall at my parents house. It is right by my bed... I can't count the hours I've sat, stood, and stared at that map. It is from about 1960 and is absolutely amazing. I also have the official Atlas of the Civil War that was complied by the US government after the war, it is cool too. I like globes too, it is always interesting to look at an old map or globe and note all the countries that are no longer there... but I ove my old US map best. You've sparked an old interest... I need to get a big wall map for here.
Thanks again... a shared interest, cool! I have the link open and am going there shortly, it will be added to my favorites I am sure.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 20:48:56
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And jbow, I'll bet can find the USA on a globe, too - unlike 30% of high school seniors.
But I guess nobody needs maps anymore, now that everyone's got a GPS in their pocket. Anyone can tell you exactly where they are. They just may not know where "here" is.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 20:57:21
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 21:02:37
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 21:06:02
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That was a fun read. Thanks!
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 21:19:42
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Those were pretty cool.
But it reminded me that I used to have a stash of a bunch of cool maps that came inside of National Geographic magazines from when I was a kid. So now I'm wondering what happened to them and if I actually have them buried around here somewhere.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 21:20:12
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 21:50:24
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If the entire population of the world can fit in Texas why the Elite politicians and leaders say the world is over populated?
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 22:03:24
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If the entire population of the world can fit in Texas why the Elite politicians and leaders say the world is over populated?
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 22:38:39
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Thanks Bit! I think this will really help me in my new startup career as a pirate. I've already got the keyboard for it and am looking for a first mate...  
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 23:46:09
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drewfx1
Those were pretty cool.
But it reminded me that I used to have a stash of a bunch of cool maps that came inside of National Geographic magazines from when I was a kid. So now I'm wondering what happened to them and if I actually have them buried around here somewhere.
I didn't look at National Geographic (or NatGeo as they call themselves now) for the maps.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 23:47:04
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drewfx1
Those were pretty cool.
But it reminded me that I used to have a stash of a bunch of cool maps that came inside of National Geographic magazines from when I was a kid. So now I'm wondering what happened to them and if I actually have them buried around here somewhere.
I didn't look at National Geographic (or NatGeo as they call themselves now) for the maps.
Elementary sex education, ya? 
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/14 23:54:08
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The metric system map is hysterical.
I think it was either 4th or 5th grade (mid 70's) ... all of a sudden and completely out of the blue, the public school that I attended taught the metric system ... after that year it was never mentioned again.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 00:01:48
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 00:10:37
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quantumeffect
The metric system map is hysterical.
I think it was either 4th or 5th grade (mid 70's) ... all of a sudden and completely out of the blue, the public school that I attended taught the metric system ... after that year it was never mentioned again.
LOL! I remember that!
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 00:42:23
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I like the imperial system. The units are based on tangible things you can picture. Feet & cups are self explanatory, inches are based on the first thumb joint etc. It kind of makes it easier to envision ballpark measurements in your head. Who cares if they have to be converted when dealing with other countries? Come on, it's a coupla lines of code 
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 00:42:26
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I like the imperial system. The units are based on tangible things you can picture. Feet & cups are self explanatory, inches are based on the first thumb joint etc. It kind of makes it easier to envision ballpark measurements in your head. Who cares if they have to be converted when dealing with other countries? Come on, it's a coupla lines of code
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 01:17:09
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The math using Imperial measurements sucks though...
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 07:14:50
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+1.25 for the Imperial System  The trouble here in the UK is that we're not quite sure whether we're 'allowed' by the EU to stick with some Imperial measures or whether we're supposed to use the equivalent Metric ones. It also depends how Politically Correct/Appeasement-Minded the body that's using the measurements is. Take the BBC, which as a Corporation is just about as PC as you can get (unless of course, it's turning a blind eye to, and then covering up, the paedophile actions of some of its most famous employees): on just about every programme they now make, distances are always referred to in Metric, usually in metres or kilometres. Very confusing for us old buggers who remember yards, feet and inches. Yet road signs in the UK only display distances in miles. How fecked up is that (my guess is it's the BBC). Another annoyance pandering to this nonsense is when they are describing approximate numbers of items. For example, 'hundreds of..', 'thousands of...', 'millions of...' all seem to be OK. But when describing a rough amount of a certain size, the PC brigade always insist of saying, rather awkwardly, that there are 'tens of...' something or other, instead of the much less awkward 'dozens of...'. I guess the thinking is that the kids don't know what a 'dozen' is anymore  I'd make them fathom 1.8288 metres it out for themselves, even if they have to foot 0.3048 metres the bill  And BTW, some good stuff there Dave, very interesting.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 07:42:37
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I guess the thinking is that the kids don't know what a 'dozen' is anymore
13 naturally. I asked the Bakers here.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 07:43:09
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distances are always referred to in Metric, usually in metres or kilometres. Very confusing for us old buggers who remember yards, feet and inches. Yet road signs in the UK only display distances in miles. How fecked up is that (my guess is it's the BBC).
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 08:11:33
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I have friends back in the UK who will argue for the superiority of the metric system until they're blue in the face. But you ask them how large their manhood is, not one of them will give the answer in centimeters.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 10:02:58
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I have friends back in the UK who will argue for the superiority of the metric system until they're blue in the face. But you ask them how large their manhood is, not one of them will give the answer in centimeters.
I do... I just pretend I'm answering in inches 
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 10:20:22
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Cool stuff. I was intrigue by the polar map where all the time zones intersect. I knew it was the case, but I don't think I've seen a map like that before though.
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 11:22:34
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So, if you could run around the earth clockwise at the North pole as fast as you can, would you grow younger?
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Re: Cool Maps
2013/08/15 11:27:52
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craigb
So, if you could run around the earth clockwise at the North pole as fast as you can, would you grow younger?
I grow younger just by running around backwards in my living room. It works. Try it.
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