Government types and economic healthA breakdown of government types and economic prosperity presented on a colour-coded map of the world.
Maps
Google — putting geopolitical disputes on the map
Google — everyone’s favourite ‘frenemy’ — are stirring up trouble again. This time they have embroiled themselves in a long-running geopolitical dispute between India and China. John Gravois investigates.
Why hand-drawn maps are better than Google
Hand-drawn maps edit out the unnecessary crap that infiltrate standard atlas maps. Julia Turner presents a beautiful selection of hand-drawn maps from computer instructions drawn by a grandmother to the best way to avoid a tollway.
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US trade bans around the world
Which countries around the world are being denied a sweet slice of American economic pie — and why?
INTERACTIVE MAP: The world’s fresh water supply
97% of the world’s water supply is salty, and 2% is frozen. So where is the 1% we can actually use to keep the planet alive? Have a play with National Geographic’s great infographic.
The evolution of four fables
A beautiful and brillians data visualisation of how four classic stories — Pygmalion, Faust, Oedipus and Leviathan — have been written and rewritten in different countries and eras.
graph pr0n Creating “smart school” heat-maps with My School data
Joel Pobar has done some impressively nerdy things with data from the My Schools website to create heat-maps of where Australia’s top schools are located.
Microsoft vs. Google, round 567: Bing Maps launched
Microsoft has fired the latest shot in the search engine wars, launching its own map service to compete directly with Google Maps. Bing Maps lets users view satellite maps in 3D, and integrate apps like Twitter to overlay extra data.
MAP: What are Americans cooking for Thanksgiving?
It’s Thanksgiving in the US, giving Americans a chance to do what they do best: eat. The NYT has mashed-up search data from Allrecipes.com with a map to see what different parts of the country will be cooking.
The nine nations of China
We tend to think of China as one big monolithic empire, but in fact, it is more like nine very distinct and different regions, each with its own character and history. Patrick Chovanec redraws and rethinks the traditional map of China.
This is your planet, 4C later
A great (if a little grim) interactive map shows how the predicted 4C rise in global temperature by 2050 will affect the planet in areas like sea levels, marine life, wildfires, drought and farming.
How aid dollars flow around the world
Mapping the millions of financial developmental aid dollars that flow around the world every year — where is it coming from, and where is it going?
Rich unemployed are good news for the budget bottom line
The budget deficit will come in at a much smaller number than is currently being projected. Possum Comitatus explains how.
Mapping military spending around the world
It’s no surprise that the US spends the more money than any other country — or indeed any other continent — on defence, but which countries spend the most as a percentage of their GDP? Visual Economics map it out.
Australia: land of 150 economies
What has the GFC done to the Australian economy? That depends where you live, says Possum Comitatus. The maps tell the story.
Swine flu around the world
Mapping the aporkalypse, as the death-toll rises around the world.
What they’re saying
- GUARDIAN: UK may have 65,000 deaths
- REUTERS: Obama gives $1.8b to fight flu
- AUSTRALIAN: A feverish obsession with fantasy flu
graph pr0n Resources: who’s using what?
Which country will be the first to run out of oil or natural gas? Which will be forced into building more environmentally friendly transportation systems? Mint’s map of the world’s resources and where they’re being consumed.
