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Look at the Size of U.S. Nukes, and Other Things Too

By bcohen on October 24, 2008.

The Telegraph's website has an "Atlas of the Real World." There are 18 different versions of the world map, where software depicts "the nations of the world, not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a range of subjects." Here is the Nuclear map:

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Here is the map based on airline travel:

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As compared to rail travel:

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Here's the one about "Increase in emissions of carbon dioxide":

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And the one, on the other hand, of "Decrease in emissions of carbon dioxide":

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Then 14 others. Colorful.

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I love these kinds of maps. WorldMapper does the same thing, with a lot more breakdowns. They also provide a reference-map on each page, showing you what a pure population version would look like. AND you can download all the raw data, which makes me very happy.