Demented Hamsters
21-03-2007, 14:45
Here's a cool little thing I came across today:
http://www.worldmapper.org/
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
For instance, wealth:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/169.png
This wealth map shows which territories have the greatest wealth when Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is compared using currency exchange rates. This indicates international purchasing power - what someone’s money would be worth if they wanted to spend it in another territory.
Poverty:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/179.png
In 2002, an estimated 17% of the world population lived on this amount ($1US a day). They lived on less than or equal to what, to be precise, US$1.08 would have bought in the United States in 1993.
Military Spending:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/279.png
War Deaths, 2002:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/288.png
In 2002 there were an estimated 172 thousand war deaths worldwide. The majority of territories recorded no war deaths, all deaths shown here occurred in 80 territories. People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffered 26% of all war deaths in 2002. Nine territories accounted for 70% of all deaths. Burundi had the highest death rate due to war: 1.2 people per thousand people died due to war there that year.
and so on and so forth.
Interesting way to pass a few minutes.
http://www.worldmapper.org/
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
For instance, wealth:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/169.png
This wealth map shows which territories have the greatest wealth when Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is compared using currency exchange rates. This indicates international purchasing power - what someone’s money would be worth if they wanted to spend it in another territory.
Poverty:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/179.png
In 2002, an estimated 17% of the world population lived on this amount ($1US a day). They lived on less than or equal to what, to be precise, US$1.08 would have bought in the United States in 1993.
Military Spending:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/279.png
War Deaths, 2002:
http://www.worldmapper.org/images/smallpng/288.png
In 2002 there were an estimated 172 thousand war deaths worldwide. The majority of territories recorded no war deaths, all deaths shown here occurred in 80 territories. People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffered 26% of all war deaths in 2002. Nine territories accounted for 70% of all deaths. Burundi had the highest death rate due to war: 1.2 people per thousand people died due to war there that year.
and so on and so forth.
Interesting way to pass a few minutes.