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Sunday, March 8, 2015

From my Old Friend Bill V. - Informative Maps of the World

 
I think No. 17 should say "public" employees, but otherwise, I found most of these pretty interesting.

Subject: Fascinating Maps for your Enlightenment


Fascinating Maps
 
 
1. This map shows the world divided into 7 sections (each with a distinct color) with each section containing 1 billion people.
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2. This map shows (in white) where 98 percent of Australia's population lives.
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3. It may not
come as a surprise but more people live inside the circle than outside of it.
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4. This map shows what is on the other side of the world from where you are standing.  For the most part it will probably be water.
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5. Apparently you can't get Big Macs everywhere.  This map shows (in red) the countries that have McDonalds.
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6. This map shows the
countries (in blue) where people drive on the left side of the road.
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7. This map shows countries (in white) that England has never invaded.  There are only 22 of them.
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8. The line in this map shows all of the world's Internet connections in 1969.
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9. This map shows the countries that heavily restricted Internet access in 2013.
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10. This map shows (in red) countries that were all Communist at one point in time.
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11. This map shows (in red) the countries
that don't use the metric system.
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12. This map shows (in blue) places where Google street view is available.
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13. This map shows (in green) all the landlocked countries of the world.
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14. And this is what the world would look like if all the countries with coast lines sank.
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15. This is a map of the all the rivers in the United States.
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16. And these are all the rivers that feed into the Mississippi River.
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17. This is a map of the highest paid private employees in the United States.  (“Public” refers to government owned.)
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18. This map shows how much space the United States would occupy on the moon.
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