Playing With Maps: New Ways to See the World

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  10.02.08 | 2:35 PM ET

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The Telegraph has published an eye-opening series of world maps that re-work the size of nations to reflect various demographic and statistical truths about them. My favorite? This one (pictured, and much bigger here), in which the “size of each country indicates the proportion of international tourist trips made there.” Yes, Western Europe is huge. This one, in which India is giant, reflects rail travel. (Via Andrew Sullivan)

Tags: Geography for Fun and Profit


1 Comment for Playing With Maps: New Ways to See the World

Kelsey 10.03.08 | 9:43 AM ET

Another great place to find maps like these is http://www.worldmapper.org.

My favorite map is this one depicting where our clothes come from: http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=83#

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