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dragging maps out from under my bed

love those with "nothing" on them – border to sweden

#norway #maps #cartography #mapsOfNorway

Where is Malta 🇲🇹?

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I AM SO OLD I REMEMBER A
WORLD BEFORE COMPUTERS

#B.C. #Before #Computers #Analog #Digital #NonDigital #Search #Books #Typewriter #Pencils #Reference #Paper #Maps

Here's how big the Sahara is compared to the mainland USA!

#Maps #Mapping #Sahara #Africa #USA #SizeComparison #Geography

France gained 28 million people since 1876, yet six in ten of its communes hold fewer people than they did then. In 1876 half the population lived on 15% of the land. Today it's 3%.

Data: INSEE, séries historiques de population

#France #dataviz #maps #demographics

Where is the Virgin Islands, British 🇻🇬?

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Where is Greece 🇬🇷?

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Where does Iran's low ground start? Not at sea level. The commonest elevation in the country is 700 to 800 metres: the floor of the Kavir and the Lut, deserts that look sunken and are really the top of a walled plateau.

Data: AWS Terrain Tiles (Terrarium DEM)

#Iran #geography #maps

The river network of the contiguous United States.

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#USA
#rivers

Where Italy lives, every census from 1861 to 2021. Italy has gained 11.5 million people since 1951, yet 56% of its towns are smaller today than they were then.

#dataviz #Italy #maps

Where is Solomon Islands 🇸🇧?

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More than half the buildings in Madrid today went up after 1978, the year Spain's constitution was signed. Under 2% predate 1900. Two surges built most of it: the 1960s and the 1997 to 2007 housing boom. Data: Spain's Catastro. #dataviz #maps #Madrid

This map shows where the Chang'e 1 impact is relative to a couple of other old missions, both Soviet sample return missions.
#maps #china #moon

Here's how big New England is compared to the original England!

#Maps #Mapping #America #NewEngland #SizeComparison #England #Britain #Geography #TheWorld

…were offered up for free before recycling… if you could get to Denver to retrieve them.

And then, the paper maps themselves became obsolete and given away by universities for wrapping paper!

#Cartography #Maps 🗺️ 🧭

Rio Branco, in the Brazilian Amazon, went from 36°C to 16°C in under three days. Cold air pushed up from the south and climbed Brazil; Manaus never cooled at all. In the Amazon this has a name: friagem.

Data: Copernicus ERA5

#Brazil #weather #dataviz #maps

Where is Chile 🇨🇱?

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