Different ways to look at the world
May 19, 2006 6:27 AM Subscribe
Worldmapper shows proportional maps of the world according to different metrics. Total population. Population in 2300. Net immigration. Container ports. Gas and coal imports. Machine exports. And many other maps.
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I'm confused by the net immigration - is that by the proportion of all global immigration, or per capita in each country? Because I believe that Canada has a higher per capita immigration rate than the US but lower than Australia, but being much smaller in population, it obviously has a much lower proportion of all immigrants in the world.
posted by jb at 6:33 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by jb at 6:33 AM on May 19, 2006
you know that's really annoying ... the dupe search didn't show any results ... sorry, but i wouldn't have posted this if it had shown up on search
posted by pyramid termite at 6:36 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by pyramid termite at 6:36 AM on May 19, 2006
well, someone should post a gif of an elephant pissing or an owl saying "o rly" first ...
posted by pyramid termite at 6:40 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by pyramid termite at 6:40 AM on May 19, 2006
i type "worldmapper" in the search box.
i see the #6 - 50340 and #9 - 51260 posts right there (just saying). :D
well, someone should post a gif of an elephant pissing or an owl saying "o rly" first ...
posted by zenzizi at 6:42 AM on May 19, 2006
i see the #6 - 50340 and #9 - 51260 posts right there (just saying). :D
well, someone should post a gif of an elephant pissing or an owl saying "o rly" first ...
posted by zenzizi at 6:42 AM on May 19, 2006
I was sure I has seen it -- it comes up on the tag for 'maps' and a search for 'worldmapper'...
Dupe search probable failed because of the slightly different URLs (no 'index.html' on the oldest double, and the other one links to the search reults)
posted by nielm at 6:43 AM on May 19, 2006
Dupe search probable failed because of the slightly different URLs (no 'index.html' on the oldest double, and the other one links to the search reults)
posted by nielm at 6:43 AM on May 19, 2006
i guess i shouldn't have used the url, then ... oh, well
posted by pyramid termite at 6:44 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by pyramid termite at 6:44 AM on May 19, 2006
Well, heck, I'd not seen any of the previous posts, so here's one vote of thanks!
posted by tentacle at 7:24 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by tentacle at 7:24 AM on May 19, 2006
Goddammit. I have nothing left to say except:
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posted by tellurian at 9:58 AM on May 19, 2006
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posted by tellurian at 9:58 AM on May 19, 2006
True jb, I looked at the same map and got a little confused as well. Canada does have one of the highest per capita immigration rates, yet the map is small. I wonder if they used total volume of immigrants
posted by pezdacanuck at 11:48 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by pezdacanuck at 11:48 AM on May 19, 2006
Desolé.. J'ai pas lu la derniere commentaire.
posted by pezdacanuck at 11:49 AM on May 19, 2006
posted by pezdacanuck at 11:49 AM on May 19, 2006
I find it pretty disturbing that the United States exports damn near nothing compared to the rest of the world, except cereal and "intellectual property".
It's a good way to show just how skewed the USA is to the rest of the world when it comes to consumption patterns. If any sort of world-wide disaster happens, or some sort of economic catastrophe hits, might as well pucker up America, cuz you can't produce jack.
posted by Vicarious at 5:37 PM on May 19, 2006
It's a good way to show just how skewed the USA is to the rest of the world when it comes to consumption patterns. If any sort of world-wide disaster happens, or some sort of economic catastrophe hits, might as well pucker up America, cuz you can't produce jack.
posted by Vicarious at 5:37 PM on May 19, 2006
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posted by nielm at 6:32 AM on May 19, 2006