Learning from distorted maps

Worldmapper gives unfamiliar population-based views of some familiar lands:

World Poverty with Worldmapper

In 2002, an estimated 17% of the world population (1073 million) lived on US$1 a day, or less (source). An estimated 43% of the world population (2698 million) lived on US$2 a day, or less (source).

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<US$2     

populations

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Bibliosphere, viewed with Worldmapper

Worldmapper is a wonderful way of gaining a visual perspective on many aspects, social (demography, health, education, etc), economic, cultural, of the globe. 


Maps 343, 344 (below) show the total book titles published, and the total book loans from public libraries, respectively, in 1999. Map 2 shows populations, and serves as the reference for other maps.

Titles Published

Book Loans      

Populations     

 

Map © Copyright SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)
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