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This animated cartogram, based on NASA satellite data, shows the earth's carbon capture via terrestrial plant production throughout the year: worldmapper.org/natures-heartbeat
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Croatia this week reminds the world that the eastern end of the Mediterranean is very seismically active. This cartogram of Europe is weighted to reflect population at risk of an earthquake. www.viewsoftheworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EarthquakeCartogramEurope.png
These cartograms show the results of the U.S. presidential election, based on reported counts as of Nov. 27, as weighted by population (first by county and then by state) and by electoral votes. worldmapper.org/us-presidential-election-2020/
A cartogram is a map weighted for a particular variable; in this case, the variable is the number of state electoral votes. This cartogram, from National Popular Vote, shows the progress of the National Popular Vote initiative through the state houses (from www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status). (The National Popular Vote initiative encourages states to pass laws that require their electors to vote for the presidential candidate that won the popular vote in order to ensure that every vote cast in all 50 states is weighted equally. The initiative does not take effect until states totaling at least 270 electoral votes have enacted the necessary law.)
With day laborers in India, Kenya, the Philippines, and other countries still in lockdown, it may be useful to remember that malnutrition, which is likely to be exacerbated by lockdowns, is a bigger health problem globally than COVID-19. This cartogram is weighted for the number of people who are undernourished according to statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: the darker the red, the larger the percentage of the population that is undernourished. geographical.co.uk/images/articles/places/mapping/2020/Malnutrition/WEB-map1.jpg
A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is the number of times Donald Trump mentioned the country in a tweet since being elected U.S. president (through May 2019). worldmapper.org/maps/politics-trumptweets-2016to2019/
A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. This cartogram is weighted to show countries' artificial CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions since 1850. Additionally, this cartogram labels the 100 companies that, according to the 2017 Carbon Majors Report, account for 71% of global greenhouse gas emissions and names their CEOs. bigthink.com/strange-maps/climate-change
In January, a tailings dam associated with an iron mine in Brazil collapsed. The resulting flood of mining waste killed more than 200 people. There are an estimated 3,500 tailings dams worldwide, with 42 dam failures recorded between 2008 and 2017. This map shows the countries with the most tailings dam failures in recent history and the amounts of mine waste released: geographical.co.uk/places/mapping/item/3145-tailings-dam-cartograms
A cartogram is map that has been weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is either the population of domesticated sheep (in green) or cattle (in red). Not only do these maps and cartograms reveal important geographic differences in sheep and cattle production -- reflecting both cultural preferences and physical geography -- they also highlight areas that are amenable to neither, including the dead zone in central Africa due to the tsetse fly. geographical.co.uk/images/articles/places/mapping/2019/Cattle_and_sheep/Webcartogram.jpg
A cartogram is a map weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is deaths due to flooding (2001-2017). Flooding might be less dramatic than other natural disasters, but in most years floods are the most lethal natural disaster. worldmapper.org/maps/flood-deaths-2001to2017
A cartogram is a map weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the cartogram reflects volcanic eruptions. Between 2000 and 2017, Indonesia and the Philippines experienced the most volcanic eruptions. However, during this time the most loss of life due to volcanic eruptions occurred in Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. worldmapper.org/maps/volcanic-eruptions-2000-2017
This cartogram has been making waves in Japan. A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is the decline in scientific publications between 2005 and 2015. The three countries that show up most prominently: Japan, Belarus, and Venezuela. worldmapper.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Science_PapersPublishedDecline_2005and2015.png
A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is population experiencing heatwave disasters from 2001-2017. (A heatwave disaster is defined as having killed 10 or more people, having affected 100 or more people, having resulted in a declaration of a state of emergency, or having led to a call for international assistance.) Although India and Japan experienced the most heatwave disasters during this period, the most heatwave-related fatalities occurred in Russia, France, and Italy. worldmapper.org/maps/heatwaves-total-2001to2017
A cartogram is a map that's been weighted for a particular variable. In this case, the variable is beehives. Humans have kept beehives for thousands of years, and by 2016, beekeepers had an estimated 90 million hives worldwide. This cartogram shows where beekeeping is most popular. (Having trouble making it out? The four countries with the most beehives are India, China, Turkey, and Iran.) worldmapper.org/maps/beehives-2016/
A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. In the case of this cartogram, the variable is the number of people living in rural areas who do not have access to electricity (and "access" includes self-provided electricity like kerosene generators, windmills, or solar panels, not just public grids). As of 2014 there were still 20 countries, all in Africa, where more than 90% of the rural population has no access to electricity. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, less than 1% of the rural population has access to electricity. In absolute numbers, the countries with the most people living without access to electricity are India (with more than 250 million), followed by Ethiopia and Nigeria.
worldmapper.org/maps/housing-ruralnoelectricity-2014/ A cartogram is a map that has been weighted for a particular variable. This pair of cartograms was created to mark the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The top cartogram adjusts country size according to current population. The bottom cartogram adjusts country size according to economic output as measured by GDP. www.viewsoftheworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TheWorldIn2018.png
A cartogram is a map weighted for a particular variable, and in this case the variable is the number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. (Students in my "Hands-On Geography" and other geography classes study a sampling of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.) Earlier this month, the U.S. announced it is withdrawing from UNESCO, which is the acronym for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=4805
Cartograms are maps weighted for a specific variable. In this case, the cartogram is weighted to reflect the number of health care workers in a given country, adjusted for differences in baseline population. geographical.co.uk/images/articles/places/mapping/2017/Healthcare_workers/health-workers.jpg (Side note: before the outbreak of Ebola in 2014-15, the country of Liberia, with a population of more than 4.5 million, had a total of 50 doctors.)
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been tracking hate groups in the U.S. for decades, has created this interactive map of the 917 hate groups presently known to be operating in the U.S.: www.splcenter.org/hate-map. Update: For those interested in this issue, Geographical (UK) just published a cartogram (which adjusts for population) based on the same data: http://geographical.co.uk/.../2347-united-hates-of-america
The world's population is now more than half urban, but as you might imagine this is not true uniformly. This cartogram shows where the world's rural populations reside: the greater the distortion, the more people living in rural areas; the darker the green, the greater the proportion of the population that is rural. www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=5398
A cartogram is a map weighted to reflect a particular variable. In this case, the variable is 2015 population. d36tnp772eyphs.cloudfront.net/blogs/1/2016/09/maps-population.png
This geo-graphic shows the number of patents registered by residents of various countries and states. The U.S. has nearly 3x as many as the #2 country (Japan), and California has both the largest number within the U.S. and a high ratio of patents per 1000 people. (The color scheme shows the number of patents per 1000 residents: dark blue being the highest ratio of patents to people and dark pink being the lowest.) howmuch.net/articles/the-united-states-of-innovation
A cartogram is a map weighted for a particular variable, in this case population. The colors, though, represent the findings of the Happy Planet Index, which seeks to measure life expectancy, life satisfaction, inequality of outcomes, and ecological footprint. By this metric, Costa Rica comes out on top (and Chad on the bottom). The U.S. is 108th out of 140. geographical.co.uk/places/mapping/item/2057-un-happy-planet
If you're roasting chestnuts and wondering where they might be from, this cartogram provides some clues. A cartogram is a map weighted for a particular variable, which in this case is chestnut production. (If you're having trouble recognizing the countries: China accounts for about 85% of commercial chestnut production, followed by Turkey, Italy, South Korea and Bolivia, with lesser quantities grown in Greece, Japan, Portugal, North Korea, and Spain.) www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=4681
A cartogram is a map that's been weighted for a particular variable, which in this case is religion. This cartogram shows the distribution of the world's biggest "faith" groups. www.viewsoftheworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/WorldReligions.jpg
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