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I love maps! There are some great ones to be found here. :beam:
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True size of land mass, without Russia and Canada being blown up out of proportion as usual:
https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6039/1og2.png
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Total population:
https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6723/2mg0.png
Where did Australia and Canada go to?
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The real map of the world. By GDP:
https://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8641/169un5.png
Turns out Brussels really is the centre of Europe.
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Ha Africa was pwnd in tourism and GDP. What a crappy continent
Is there a map for percentage of the population which can speak more than one language? :grin:
Alaska's cheating on every map but the first.
Lovely Maps. Europe dominates tourism income. No wonder there are no tall business buildings in the centers of their capitals. People want to see old europe.
It is interesting to see China from the perspective of those maps, especially in the categories of economic growth.
Thanks for posting that link Louis! :2thumbsup:
Yes, I love maps too - I can happily sit down and "read" an atlas, especially if it has some special focus. I find Japan quite interesting on this series...
Thanks Louis :2thumbsup:
Very interesting. Poor poor Canada. ~:mecry:
Canada rocks, such an rediculous amount of space for such a small population........ I find it amazing that Holland has a bigger population then Canada and Australia combined, kinda crowded here :dizzy2:
Seems like France is the heart of european tourism, not surprising since Paris is absolutily awesome.
2 more weeks, Paris here I come
I like this one
I think Lemur posted a thread like this a couple of months ago...
It's a good thing there is no map of XTC and, uhm, human recource exports :shame:
Meat exports, what the?
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/wor...mallpng/49.png
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Not quite, but with sixteen million they are just behind Australia though. The Netherlands are terribly overcrowded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
BTW, check out this one, Refined Petroleum Exports:
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/wor...mallpng/65.png
Wait, weren't you already in Nancy last week...? :smash:Quote:
2 more weeks, Paris here I come
Does anybody else have any other maps or sites to share?Quote:
Maybe he did indeed. I do have a vague feeling that I've seen this site before...Quote:
Originally Posted by Krazilec
That is just mean Louis, not that happy with the dutch 'supporters' right now. I was in Paris with the student riots though, and guess what, I go to Copenhagen and what happens? Student riots!
Next time the dutch go berserk, I can think of a certain cop that's perfect for dealing with them.
I have one I can lay my hands too.
Blakanized North America
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/misc/balkanus.gif
What is the most fragmented that North America could have been? There are several plausible scenarios (some based on different patterns of settlement from Europe, others on different fracture lines) but I chose 1787 as the point of divergence from real history. In this alternate reality, the westward expansion of the Anglo-American people proceeded pretty much as it did in our reality, but the United States government just couldn't keep up. Every national identity crisis resolved itself in favor of the separatists instead.
Although this is an extremely unlikely scenario to begin with, I didn't want to just randomly subdivide the continent. I looked for regions which either ...
1.administered themselves as autonomous nations at some point in American history, or ...
2.shed blood to achieve or maintain their independence, or at least ...
3.threatened to.
Of course, the Native American tribes throughout the continent fit all these criteria, but I limited myself to only three native enclaves.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/misc/balkanus.htm
Animated gif about the Rise of fascism in the inter war years.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/interwar.gif
Blue democratic (more or less)
Brown authoritarian (more or less)
Purple box with a black crown is a monarchy
Aqua box with half circles is republic
Same colours as republic with the shapes of a monarchy is a vacant throne.
Minor point about the animated gif, but the Republic of Ireland did not become a monarchy in 1923. :wink:
Interesting stuff, nonetheless.
Frightening is the word I would use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
Nice ones Lars.
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Tsk, tsk, Fragony, to think I would accuse you of hooliganism! The nerve! :no:
Where I asked if you were in Nancy last week I didn't mean the city but your Paris brunette...
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Actually the settlement of the Irish civil that created the Irish free state had both President and king at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
Maybe it's time for our governments to put a "Molotov-Ribbentrop" agreement to paper :deal:Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Dutchland = 16 millionQuote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Canada = over 30 million
Australia = 20 million
Yay Dutchland! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kralizec
I agree, it means that in future:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kralizec
We will make Worlds best beer
We will have good cyclists
I will have an excuse for my accent
Not as far as we were concerned. :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by lars573
But yes, of course, technically you're right and so's the map since it halts in 1937. Well spotted.
Here's another gif about Democracy in south america from 1945-1999.
Blue, democratic (more or less)
Brown, military regime
Green, laning towards tyranny
The fire symbol means a war.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/southam.gif
Since I am prohibited from linking to the image directly, here is a page displaying a map of Europe and Eurasia around the year 900.
http://www.euratlas.com/big/big0900.htm
This site's pretty solid for maps all around, but I find this one fascinating.
This site has some seriously interesting maps. Religious affiliation in America. Lots of others too.
http://files.blog-city.com/files/aa/...rch_bodies.gif
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Random sillyness only distantly related to the topic of this thread but too funny to pass:Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Damn straight we rock! :canada:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
We're not underpopulated, we're just right. There's simply too many people everywhere else.
This thread needs to include the best map ever:
https://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7400/cartoonki7.jpg
This is really great stuff.
The one thing these maps show more than anything is the gross inequalities that exist in the world. It's a rather graphic example that instead of trying to kill and dominate one another we should be attempting to bring the world and all its ethnicities closer together to responsibly share the resources available for the betterment of humankind.
Wait..... if everyone had enough to eat there wouldn't be any hunger!!! And if we stopped fighting there would be no war!!! Why did I never think of that?
Entertaining, both of you. :yes:
I don't know. Perhaps because you enjoy watching grainy images of bombs flying into "terrorist's" bedroom windows? Or maybe, deep down, seeing a bunch of people you despise set something on fire to the outrage of your peers kind of excites you? Who's to say? :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
The fact is (as these maps clearly demonstrate) that we, the rich folk, live at the expense of the majority of people on this earth.
We all want to make a better world. Call me crazy, but I just happen to think that a world that is united by love, respect and equality for all its people is the best way to achieve it. :idea2:
I know this is cliché but I think the following lyrics are in order.
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You might say, I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday, you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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On the front of a 16th century house in Amsterdam the following words are written: 'HOMO SAPIENS NON VRINAT IM VINTUM' which means 'a wise man doesn't piss against the wind'
Only way to reach equality is accepting inequality, because men isn't equal. It would be one hell of a job for zillions of expensive organisations to try to even things up, and you end up screwing everyone over. Dreaming is ok as long as you wake up in the morning :2thumbsup:
Defeatist. (Where's a Comrade Lenin smiley when you need one...?)
I am not that cynical, I give to numerous charity organisations. Should be like that, private initiative. How about you, give mucho $$$@funnybones or are you too invaluable as a consultant?
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Originally Posted by Kralizec
Go ahead. Make my day!
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They showed this in a magazine that appears monthly here in Holland, KIJK. Quite an interesting read.
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Oz galore!
All the way from Scotland to Egypt:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/maps/aust-europe-map.jpg
http://softadventure.net/oz-nz-mapcomparison.gif
https://img214.imageshack.us/img214/...raliaukjy0.jpg
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http://www.gl.iit.edu/govdocs/maps/M...Comparison.gif