42 Amazing Maps

The map, as an innovation, is extremely important. Simply constructing a useful representation of our world onto a piece of paper (or clay or vellum or whatever) vastly increased the capabilities of humankind. But we continue to add and alter this medium, in ways that allow for greater understanding of our world and even of ourselves. So in this video I talk about 42 maps that are really amazing. Resources that were very helpful included:   / mapporn   http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html   / amazing_maps   http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/map... And this story is just AMAZING http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/201... Thanks to Katherine for being my research assistant on this one :-) ALL THE MAPS! United States on the Moon   / to_give_some_sense_of_scale_the_united_states   Carta Marina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_ma... The Town of Chicago http://www.oldimprints.com/pages/book... Pomponius Mela http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomponiu... Seven Billions   / seven_billions_the_world_divided_into_seven   Australia is Empty   / 2_of_australias_population_lives_here_oc15...   More in than Out   / after_seeing_a_recent_post_about_the_popul...   ...Actual Circle   / there_are_more_people_living_inside_this_c...   Longest Straight Line   / the_longest_straight_line_you_can_sail_almost   On a Globe    • A straight line without hitting land from ...   Earth Sandwich Locations   / land_on_earth_where_there_is_also_land_the...   Alcoholic Drink Preference http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/pu... Side of the Road http://chartsbin.com/view/edr Joshua Katz Linguistic Maps of America http://www.businessinsider.com/22-map... Metric Use http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil... Maternity Leave http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2... Juvenile Death Penalty http://www.prisonpolicy.org/atlas/juv... World Mapper http://www.worldmapper.org Carna Botnet Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carna_Bo... A Day in the Life of Air Traffic    • A Day in the Life of Air Traffic Over the ...   Population by Latitude   / worlds_population_by_latitude_longitude_xpost   The True Size of Africa http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailyc... Ptolemy's Map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy'... The Sawley Map http://blog.metmuseum.org/penandparch...