Maps of our world

depictions of home sweet home

[historicaltimes]

Axis grand plan on a Soviet map, 1930s

[mapsontheweb]

Global Air Pollution, measured by the European Space Agency.

Based on 18 months of Envisat observations, this high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide pollution makes clear just how human activities impact air quality.

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[worldmundo]

Shit!

[mapsontheweb]

Geopolitical World Map, 2015.

[datarep]

Map visualizing 15 years of terror attacks.

[worldmundo]

watch this.

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Japanese world map, early XIXth century (from the Library of Congress). Quite remarkable is the exaggerated size of Japan, in the center of the map; also, the illustrated guide to foreign people that accompanies the map. I’m curious about the legend, since I don’t read Japanese.

[did-you-know]

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[dduane]

[mapsontheweb]

When something bad happens…

Original by cinismoilustrado.com.

[mapsontheweb]

Map of terrorist incidents in the world  since 9/11.

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[worldmundo]

Newly Made Map of the Earth Shincho Kurihara & Heibe Chojiya

1848

[mapsontheweb]

Countries scaled to the economic aid they receive from the US.

[worldmundo]

Hm

[matishowski]

[worldmundo]

Kentucky

[mapsontheweb]

Countries with Russian vs US military bases (permanent and/or temporary) worldwide, 2014.

[mapsontheweb]

Map of countries the United States have fought in or occupied. Excludes airstrikes and special forces operations.

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[matishowski]

This map is about to need updating

[worldmundo]

Map of the world in Japanese

[worldmundo]

Hayashi Shihei

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