Louis map is interesting, although have they done the converting linear differences to area overrepresentation thing ? (It looks like it from the legend)
GDP per capita would be even more interesting.
Re: Comparative Map
Louis map is interesting, although have they done the converting linear differences to area overrepresentation thing ? (It looks like it from the legend)
GDP per capita would be even more interesting.
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Re: Comparative Map
Wots that mean?Originally Posted by English assassin
The legend of the map reads 'Every country is represented by an area proportional to the importance of his GNP'. But looking at the squares again, they look not proportional. Which is probably what you mean. Map:
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Re: Comparative Map
Sorry, what I meant was if you look at the squares that they use to give the scale of the map, in the bottom RH corner, they have made the sides of the square proportionate to GDP. So, if you look at the square corresponding to $500B, and the square corresponding to £1000B, the $1000B square is in fact four times the area of the $500B square, not twice its area.
I think it might be an error in the scale, not the map, though, because by eye the US does look to be about nine times bigger than, say, france, which is what the numbers also suggest.
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